Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-29
KEEP CAR WASHED
Dirty Condition of Automobile A. ways Discreditable to the
 Owner.
NO GOOD REASON FOR IT
Frequent Cleaning Will Be Found to Effect Considerable Saving in Paint BIls-Also Dirt Is Apt to Hide Defects Until Too Late
 for Repair.

IL is poor business to let your car get dirty, to get it covered with mud and leave 1t for several days without being washed. Perhaps you keep the car in your private garage and you have no facilities to wash il. Perhaps you store it with your garageman for S6 per month and only have il washed occasionally. IL makes no difference what the conditions are, the fact re mains that it is generally money out of your pocket 10 keep a dirty car.
 First-A dirty car is poor adver- tisement to any business man, to any farmer, to anybody. None of us likes to wear dirty collars. We are not proud of dirty cuffs. We get our hair cut when 1t gets little ragged at the back.
 We shave every day because our whiskers are black and are not con ducive to a good business appearance. We take a pride in keeping the grass we'll cut on the front lawn. We are proud of our wife because she has the reputation for being the cleanest housekeeper in the community.
 Second-Why not keep the car clean? There Is no legitimate reason why you should not. If 1t costs you Si0 to get the car painted, and that without having the old paint burned off, then 1t is good business to get the car washed more often so 1t will pot be necessary to get the painting done each year.
 There are plenty of cars that are washed regularly and that are not painted oftener than once in three or four years. With that treatment they look much better than some cars not three months old that rarely see the wash rack. Personal appearance pays. We all believe 1t does. Then apply 1t to your car. Wash up more for 1917 than you did for 1o16.
 Third-Dirt hides defects, broken parts and keeps you from seeing the exact condition of your car. One car owner acknowledged that he did not know there was n grease cup on the swivel joint of the speedometer until after the flexible shaft had broken and he had to buy a new shaft and a new swivel joint. Dirt was the reason.
 Only recently car was seen in a garage in which the outside bearing in the rear axle had broken, due to lack of fabrication. There was a grease cup to oil the bearing. but it WIS covered with dirt. The owner had forgotten about 1t. New bushings In radius rods are often necessary be- cause there is so much dirt on the chassis that many of the grease cups are neglected.
 Fourth-There Is a danger element in not keeping the parts of the chassis clean. You cannot afford to have the steering parts so coated in dirt that you cannot regularly inspect them to see If any parts are working loose. or if any defects are exhibiting them selves. You may have a cracked spring leaf that cannot be detected because Of the dirt. Later this cracked leaf may lead to breaking all of the leaves.
 Lastly-As a business man with money enough to own a car, we grave y question if you can afford to ride in a dirty machine. Surely your wife 1oes not care to. Your daughters do not. For g you can have 1t washed every week in the year. It is worth shile.-Motor Age