Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1914 — Hew to Cut Glass. [ARTICLE]

Hew to Cut Glass.

There is a method of cutUgg glass without the aid of a diamond which is very little known. Take a piece of common string and dip it in alcohol and squeeze it reasonably dry. Then tie the string tightly around the glass on the line of cutting. Touch a match to the string and let it burn off. The heat of the burning string will weaken the glass in this particular place. While it is hot plunge the glass under water, letting the arm go under well to the elbow so that there will "be no vibration when the glass is struck. With the free hand strike the glass outside the line of cutting, giving a quick, sharp stroke with any long, flat instrument, such as a stick of wood or a long-bladed knife, and the cut will be ae clean and straight as if made by a regular glass cutter.