Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1914 — To Make Curtains Fireproof. [ARTICLE]

To Make Curtains Fireproof.

As light muslin curtains often catch fire, it is a good plan to put an ounce of alum into the last water in which they are rinsed. Thin will make them almost fireproof, or If they do catch, they will not blase up enough to Ignite the woodwork.