The Springfield herald., 1905-10-20
To make Cheap Gas-light for
Country Homes 49,.

out extra charge, which used any one Of these 70
Acetylene Generators it had found safe and effective,
just it permitted houses to be pped for City Gas,
or wired for Elect, city, under proper conditions.
Now, the Insurance Companies ought to know
whether not these 70 different makes of Acctyenc
Generators were absolutely Safe to
Because, they have to pay the bills if Fire or Ex-
poson occurs, from any one OF the Acctylcnc Gener-
aors they authorize
And, here's proof of their good judgment,
Though there Two Million people using
Acctylene Light i'll America there have only been foW
Fires from it in one year. against SS65 Fires from
There have also been 46oI Fires from Electricity,
1907 Fires from City Gas. and $50 Fires from Candles
Besides these hes there have beer been . 20 Fires from the
That shows how careful the Insurance Board was
in its examination of Acetylene Generators and in
permitting only the 70 makes that were abo0c
teion, out of the Goo experiments that were once on
the market.
Wcll,-thc boom in Acetylcnc Lighting made io7rer
t,ices possible the material it derived FROM viz.
Calcium Carbide a material that looks like Granite
but acts like Magic.
Today, Acety1ene Light is a full third cheaper than
Kerosene Light, or Gasoline Light, per Candle Power,
1t is not more than half the price of Electric Light.
nor three fonrths that of City Gas.
# can't frosc these statements TO your full salts
faction my name is not "Accylcnc Jones'"
But Acetylene is more than the safest and cheapest
Light of the N year ,,Ips 1925
Sunlight in health giving Blue and Violet rays, and
because of this with its freedom from flicker. it is
the easiest of all Artificial Light on the Eyes.
1t is so much like real Sunlight that il has made
plants grow "a hours per day in dark cellars where
ray OF sunlight could reach them 1t made them grow
tsciec fast similar plants that had only the Sun
light Of time, viz, half the time.
That proven by Cornell University in a three
months experiment made this very year.
Now, I've saved up for the last point i'm
portant you than all the others about Acctylcnc
Light
1t consumes only onc-fonrM much of the vital
Oxygen from the Air of Living rooms BEDROOMS,
either Kerosene City Gas-light consumes.
That's tremendous difference i'll lifetime, mark
you-thrce- fourths of difference.
Bccausc-Orygcn is Life.
And every bit of Oxygen stolen from the lungs OF
Women, Children and Men through Lighting, is
loss that can never be made good again
A ~ Candle Power Aceylcnc Light costs You only
fsro-ffihs of a per hour.
That's about S5.S5 per year, If burned every night
i'll the year for four steady hours.
A Kerosene Lamp of equal capacity would cost you
n third more, viz. Mrcc-ffths of per hour for
Kerosene alone 1915 per year.
That's exclusive of broken lamp chimncys, new
wcks and the everlasting drudgery and danger of
cleaning, filling and trimming daily.
want to trooc these figures to you, Reader, il you
4 house owner or storekceper.
Tell me how many rooms you've got and I'll tell you
what it will cost to light them with brilliant beautiful,
Sanitary saving Acctylenc.
Write me today for my Free Book about Sunlight
on Tap"
Just address me here as
"Acctylenc JONES'
Adams St,
Chicago Ills.