Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1912 — PROTECTION FOR THE TOTS [ARTICLE]

PROTECTION FOR THE TOTS

Cheap and Efficient Screen That May Be Placed Around the Heat- * Ing Stove. So many little children who are just toddling about get burned by falling against the heating stove, that every stove where there are children about should have some sort of a screen mide about it. For several years we used one made of common 26-inch field fence, made of No. 11 wire. Simply cut enough of the wipe to reach around the stove with about six inches of space between the screen and the stove. ” Make a base of 2x4 lumber, as the wire alone is not heavy enough to stay in place. It should not be nailed tb the floor, but so it can be raised up or sweeping, etc. If a heavy zinc board Is used under the stove the screen can be made to just fit on the outside of it and thus be more firmly fixed in place.