The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-10-28
Dirty Condition of Automobile Al
ways DiscreditabIe to the
Owner.
NO GOOD REASON FOR 1T
Frequent Cleaning Will BE Found to
Effect Considerable Saving in Paint
Bills-Also Dirt Is Apt to Hide
Defects Until Too Late
for Repair.

It is poor business to let your car
get dirty, to get it covered with mud
and leave it for several days without
being washed. Perhaps you keep the
car in your private garage and you
have no facilities to wash 1t. Perhaps
you store it with your garageman for
SO per month and only have it washed
occasionally. 1t makes no difference
what the conditions are, the fact re-
mains that it is generally money out
Of your pocket to keep dirty ear.
First--A dirty car is poor adver-
hsenent to any business MAJ, TO any
farmer, to anybody. None Of US likes
to wear dirty collars. We are not
proud of dirty cuffs. We get cur hair
cut when it 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 cleaLest
housekeeper in the community.
Second-Why not keep the car
clean? There Is no legitimate reason
why you should not. If it costs you
$40 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 oftel Sc 1t will
not 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 Cnce lie, 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 1916.
Third-Dlrt 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 a grease cup on the
swivel joint of the speedometer until
after the flexible shaft had broken and
he had to buy new shaft and 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 war a
grease cup to oil the bearing, but 1t
was covered with dirt. The owner
had forgotten about 1t. New bushings
IN radius rods are often necessary be-
cause there Is so much 6irt on the
chassis that many Of the grease cups
are neglected.
Tourth-There Is q danger element
In not keeping the parts of the chassis
clean. You cannot afford to have the
steering parts SO coated In dirt that
yUnl cannot regularly inspect them to
sse IL any parts are working loose,
OF u any defects ore exhibiting them
selves. You may have cracked
srr;ng 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 car, we grave
ly question II you can afford to ride
In dirty machine. Surely your wife
does not care to. Your daughters do
not. For 81 you cnn have 1t washed
every week in the year. 1t is worth
whilc.-Motor Age.