The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-23
State Fire Marshal Says
They are Unsafe.
Old MATCH IS BETTER
Because 1t is not Nearly so
Sensitive.
Objection to the Old Match, That
its Head Flies SO Easily is not
Sustained by Facts.

'rhe double dip" double tip"
or birds eye" match, as 1t Is var
iously called, hides less terrors than
the parlor match which is the one
in common use. The 'parlor" match
which lights with little effort and
gives out no disagreeable odor is
Il great luxury and very expensive
one, for 1t destroys each year in
America millions OF property ana
hundreds OF lives.
The double dip" match is now
made to some extent in every
match factory and can be had of
almost all grocers So. you are fav-
oring no particular manufactures
in buying It. |
The heads OF these matches are
made in two dippings 1t is claimed
by the manufacturers that they are
noiseless: that they do not explode
and throw burning chemicals about:
that when rubbed by articles that
are moved on mantle or desk, or by
FOOT on the floor, they do not light
because the friction is not made
on the sensitive tip and that box
of them cannot ignite by fall.
II is true they never snap and
fly when scratched. But the fire
started by flying chemicals from
match heads seldom result in any
great loss of property because the
striker OF the match is always on
the spot TO put out the fire while
il is still trivial.
The danger to life, however, is
less in match that does not snap
and fly as does the parlor match.
l'wo Ohio ladies and two babies
were burned to death within year
by their dresses being ignited by
pieces of flying parlor" match
stepping on one which fired her
clothing.
II double dip match head is
rubbed on Its side hard enough to
crush the head the tip ignites It.
'rhe claim that they can not take
hre from fall is untrue for the
tip in one OF these heads Is more
sensitive than the head of par
lor" match, because 1t contains a
larger proportion OF phosphorus.
In this Office Is q box of double
dip matches which took fire from n
fall of 20 inches. And too, they
ignite sooner from heat. Grocers
often find partly consumed boxes
of matches in opening case OF
them, the fire in them having been
strangled by its own fumes.
The end OF the match stick is dip
ped into composition of sulphide
of antimony, chlorate of potash,
whiting and glue and after drying
IL Is diped little way into a COM
pound of phosphorous. chlorate and
whiting which makes the tip which
ignites from friction. The tip may
be given color with ultromarine/ or
prussian blue, red leaf, vermillion
red or the like. The fact that this
match lights more readily than any
other when scratched on cloth COM
mands 1t to the class which is the
largest user of matches.
so, we find that the double
dip match is better than the COM
mon parlor match only in that Its
head never explodes and less force
being required to light 1t in the
danger OF breaking the stick is dim
inished, and that 1t is less likely
than the parlor match to be lighted
by slight friction as it lies upon a
surface.
But 1t lights from crushing as
readily as the parlor match and
is easier TO ignite from bump on
the nose. 1t should be added that
the greatest loss of property from
carelessness with catches is from
| throwing away the stick while it
is red hot and the double Dip
head does not lessen this.
All round match sticks are white
pine from the northwest or from
New York and Pennsylvania where
1t is a second growth. The fir and
aspen sticks used exclusively for
1 foreign matches and bass and cot.
tonwood used to some extent here
can only be cut square. These
woods hold live coal so long thai
lthey are exceedingly dangerous un.
less nipregnated with chemicals
(which prevent it. a., ,If,.
| Pine sticks make less hot Goa
than any other wood and theil
heads are less likely to drop of
but more tlisn half the destructive
match fires Eome from their Goals
Impregnating them so as to prevent
this is inexpensive and ii can bt
done on any American machine. 1
is wise to have recepticle fol-
burnt matches In every room an(
to form the habit of using it.
The match with safety" heat
which will Ignite only on the bo,
and with an impregnated stick ~
the only one tit for civilized asso
Citations. Exposing for sale any 9th
er match now in the market shoul'