The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-24

ton of phosphate of ammonium. and It's
value as wood for any purpose except
burning has been in no respect impaired.
Any piece CT wood 50 treated Whatever
its size, becomes incapable of bursting into
flame or transmitting fire The same
thing is true. as / nave said. OF dress
passed Through childhood dressed in
clothes that could not burn. even Enough
torch were applied 10 them. II only had
adopted this method earlier! he added
sadly, and for q moment ne was silent.
'But then" ne said presently. we are
an Of US siow 30 learn. and nothing short
of tragic experiences drives US ahead. All
people love their children, yet th.nk how
their children safety from danger Of fire
catching their caJUhlng. 50, TOO, most per-
sons stand mora or less in dread of having
their houses burned. yet row feW WI
take rIlc trouble to nave Uleir curtains,
for example. which by blow1ng into gas
jets are a, constant source OF COnfia sra-
Ui9n, rendered uninHamma bic by chemical
Scs2!tmsnt. For 20 years have be5n heSp-
ing On Gals topic, as have some other
chemists, yet how little progress we have
made About tina ouly notaole success We
can p1ll- u s tle fact that MACY uAea-
llrt5 rl1W have everything ab-lV- THAR
stages. except perhaps. ula W,arliC05sis Jf
Eile actresses. which should be included,
rendered understandable"
WHY ONE NEW YORK THEATRE
WAS DESTROYED.
But even tLl!s small measure Of success
WIS not easily achieved When I first bA-
gan ID agate ula sUt1jec-, l determined
to give a public lecture with demons,Ta-
lions. and | personally invited the owners
and managers OF al New York ltls3JreS
10 be PRESENT, bllt by no means adj OF
l.hem sO3h .lten5ct enough n the m3til6r
even 10 give >. an nOur Of their time. The
manager Of sac Metropolitan theatre, for
instance, assured me shat tDouaN my idea
migtlu be t.ls-rettc'2ily good enough, yet
they had no possible need of the thing
suggested at Ll1s l,As9l.Ta, as sueh careful
surveillance W3S exercised cllSra as to
make lit impossible for a fire To start and
g'5E amy Roadway back of 'ule scenes De-
spite this boast, however, 1T WAS but a
few months later that i fire did break
knows, tle Metropolitan theatre burned
70 the ground. That was a severe object
lesson. 1t served, though to arouse Other
managers of theatres in New York and
elsewhere; 6GIt even now there are many
rlheatras i'm New York where III is consid-
cred sufficient safeguard that there is an
dI.beSt0S curtain and tll5 criminal neglt-
sence is practised of leaving stage fXiugs
flames.
HOW TO COOL ROOMS.
As to the subject of ca3ltlag rooms, par
ticularly rooms for the sick DR.. DoremuS
speahs with equal emphasis. The practi-
cabiiitY of this. OF course, no one denies.
Every one knows that refrtgerat0rs for
meats. beer cellars in breWeq7ieS
and the ike are kept at any ten
peHature desired BY means of pipes
Containing liquefied ammonia, which have
something the OutWard appearance OF
heating radiators. but which produce pre-
cisely the opposite effect. No one IN this
climate thinks Of putting up q house With
out making provision for heating. Why,
then, asks Dr.. D0remus. should any one
VINO can afford a little additional expense