New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-10-26
Care FOR AN AUTO
Expert Of Johns Hopkins Uni.
versity Gives Some Prac.
teal Suggestions.
CANNOT kEEPcAR TOO CLEAN
Mud 10 Natural Foe Of Machinery and
Driver Should Make Detour to
Escape lt-Some "Donts"
for the caretaker.

The life and health Of a motor car,
Ike goodness In men, is closely akin
% cleanliness, writes DR.. Leonard
heene Hirshberg of Johns Hopkins
university In American Motorist. The
sweetness and purity of its appearance
are Intimately associated with the
length OF its life, the friction and we'll
being Of its component anatomy. You
cannot keep your a too clean or the
sheen on its body too we'll polished.
Motorists ere now are familiar with
the axiom, "Spread yourself in oil and
save your metal" This Is only the ap-
plication to the motor car Of the over
worked and age-old allusion to medical
advice, IAN ounce of prevention will
save a pound of cure"
Show me a Justified, dirty, soiled
machine and l will make the prophecy
of a short shift and rapid depreciation
of the cal. Dirt, lack-luster and a
dulled car body spell worse than rapid
loss Of value.
Don'ts for caretaker.
Never run the car in the mud If a
detOur will permit you to escape 1t.
Mud is the natural foe of machinery.
Never use rough cloths with which
to wipe, clean OF polish your car.
Never use IN excess of oil or body
polish. It collects dust and turns 1t
into grit.
Never use muddy or soiled water
with which to wash your car.
Never fold a top down when it is
wet.
Never allow mud to remain on q car
one moment longer than is absolutely
possible.
Never allow mud, If possible, to dry
on the car. Wash off Immediately with
cold water.
Never dig, scrape, chisel or shovel
mud from the polish. 1t destroys the
varnish and paint.
Never use force for any purpose. A
weak solution of soda will cajole the
toughest mud and grease from the
body.
Never dry the surface with soapy
water on 1t. Rinse all soap and SOAP
suds Off before drying.
Never use any rough-ibered cloth.
Channels skin has a high cost, but is
cheapest in the end.
Never employ a roundabout circular
rotary motion in polishing the car. A
straight out, back and forth, piston
thrust is what should be used.
Never use hot water on the car.
Wash with cold water.
Sure Restorers.
Never accept Tom, Dick and Harry's
"sure restorer," of the original fac
tory sheen and luster. Mark Twain
said that everybody has a certain
cure for colds" So almost every driv-
err and %garagekeeper implicitly avows
his body polish to be the best for the
car. Dead e tell no tales neither
does the injured finish on a car.
Shun all such as Billy Sunday fees
Old Nick. Instead buy some boiled lin
seed Oil !; never use the unbOiled oil.
1t will not 40. Also some furniture
and let elbow grease do the rest.
The vanished part is first washed,
cleansed, rinsed and dried, then the
boiled oil is lightly applied and rubbed
completely off. The lighter metal parts
will be thus restored like new; the
heavier parts can be still further fin
ished with the furniture wax mas
saged to a highly lustrous polish.
Rough, heavy soaps, full Of alkali,
also eat into the varnish and coats of
the body. You will avoid this In mani
your a by heating a gallon
of water into which is stirred a pound