asbestos curtain
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The big asbestos curtain hushed all that and the Metropolitan's regular season was ended.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the American Academy of Music, in Philadelphia, the underwriters went so far as to offer a reduction of one per cent. per annum provided an asbestos curtain was placed in the house.
From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Jones, Robert H.
The man who gave the first reliable explanation of the failure of the "asbestos" curtain to operate properly was John C. Massoney, a carpenter, who was working as a scene shifter.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
What was called by employees in the house the asbestos curtain, and also in several theaters in Chicago, has written on it, 'asbestos curtain.'
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
The asbestos curtain refused to work, and the stage hands and players began to hurry from the theater.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
