The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
new AUTO BOOK
WRITTEN SIMPLY
Studebaker Volume of In
struction Is Free from Oh
jectionable Technicality.
THE LANGUAGE Is CLEAR
Booklet Describes Motor Car Controls
and Tells How to Prolons
Machine Life.

Fault has frequently been found, and
perhaps justly. with the hopeless charac-
ter OF some Of the instruction books
from which owners are expected to learn
how to operate and care for their motor
cars. To the novice the average instruc-
ton book Is about as Ineligible as a
Chinese laundry list. while to even the
most experienced it Is oftentimes per-
picking. Too many of these works, al
though having SO useful a purpose are
constructed more upon the lines OF u
Treatise intended for an engineer, and
not as an educational book for someone
who buys an automobile for pleasure. not
Tor the purpose of acquiring a course I'm
mechanics.
1t is true that ownership of a car de-
velops an interest in its working parts,
so that carefully compiled. well ar
ranged. and actually instructive recital
of .the purpose Of each part. and how
they should be cared for and operated, Is
as much a matter of satisfaction as the
smooth operation Of the automobile it
self.
There also arises the critic who de-
mands universal language for motor
lists conversations. a sort of auto-Es-
peranto. as il were. So many terms for
describing different parts of a car have
been invented by the makers. or their
draughtsmen. that the less mechanical
mind is not infreauently at a total loss
for means of expression the: comes
anywhere near being intelligible. To the
noveau-sutoist incomprehension of this
jargon is frequently very embarrassing.
Studebaker Book Simple.
1t is therefore a decided relief to lind
instruction books on operation OF auto
mobiles that are at least understandable.
Endeavors to compile a work that will
assist in obtaining a personal. accurate
and thorough knowledge of the car seem
to have been well carried out. Such in
formation may be expected to pay the
car owner dividends-in money saved
tion to be had from thoroughly under
it and making the car respond
to the drivers will.
The most perfect machine cannot re-
main perfect unless operated by someone !
who has made himself familiar with its
parts, who gets an understand !
ing of It from carefully following the |
instructions. and who |
will not forget to provide the care and |
attention which a machine must have |
TO do Justice to itself.
Only the plainest and simplest OF tho |
English language is used In the Stude- |
eNcellently illustrated. So that every |
part OF the car can he readily under
stood and located. Interest carries
throughout the pages. The book offers |
that mean for longer life OF
IN automobile. describes the controls In
ietail. how to raise and lower the Stude-
,aker one-man top. how to mount
'pare rim. and the simple method OF
hanging tires on the specially construct
d Studebaker demountable rims.
The principles of the gasoline motor is
included in the belief that to know ones
ar is to love il. And likewise are fully
described the functions and operation Of
he carburetor. the electrical fabrication.
md motor cooling systems No detail
$ overlooked. nor denied in attention
;iven> the importance It bears in the
construction and operation of a motor
ar.