New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-09-14
ILLS OF MOTOR CAR
Noted Medical Adviser Tells Mo.
torist Of Many Things for
Their Benefit.
CANNOT KEEpcA 1OOcLEAN
Sweetness and Purity Of It's Appear
anee Intimately Associated With
Length Of lts llfeepon'ts for
Caretaker.

X goodness In men, Is closely akir
to cleanliness, writes DR.. Leonard
keene Hirshberg of Johns Hopkin!
university in American Motorist. The
sweetness and purity of its appear
ance Is intimately associated with the
length Of its life, the friction ant
well being Of its component anatomy
You cannot keep your car too clear
or the sheen on its body too well
polished.
Motorists ere now are familiar witt
the axiom, "Spread yourself In oil and
save your metal" This is only the
application to the motor car Of the
overworked and age-old allusion to
medical advice, IAN ounce Of proven.
ton will save a pound Of cure"
Show me a Justified, dirty, soiled
machine, and I will make the prophecy
of a short shift and rapid depreciation
of the car. Dirt, lack-luster and a
dulled car body spell worse than rapid
loss of value.
Don'ts for c~aretaker.
Among the don'ts for the caretaker
of a car are these:
Never run the car in the mud If
a detour will permit you to escape it.
Mud Is the natural foe of machin-
cry.
Never use rough cloths with which
to wipe, clean or polish your car.
NnyQp 11cn on nvpncu of 0fJ ~ LoJx,
polish. 1t collects dust and turns into
grit.
Never use muddy or sOiled water
with which to wash your car.
Never fold a top down when 1t is
wet.
Never allow mud to remain on a
car one moment longer than Is absO-
lutely 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 employ a roundabout circu-
lar rotary motion in polishing the car
A straight out, back and forth, piston
thrust is what should be used.
Polish for the Body.
Never accept Tom, Dick and Harry's
"sure restorer" Of the original factory
sheen and luster. Mark Twain said
that everybody has a "certain cure for
So almost every driver and
garage keeper implicitly avows his
body polish to be the best for the car.
Dead men tell no tales; neither does
the injured finish on a car.
Shun all such as Billy Sunday fees
Old Nick. Instead buy some boiled
oil never use the unboiled. 1t
will not do. Also some furniture wax,
and let elbow grease do the rest. The
vanished part is first washed, clean
ed, rinsed and dried, then the boiled
oil is lightly applied and rubbed COM
off. The lighter metal parts
can be still further finished with the
furniture wax massaged to a highly
lustrous finish.
Rough, heavy soap, full of alkali.
also eats 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
and a Lalf Of soap. This is your stock
solution Of soap for the chassis, body,
md other parts. 1t should, Of course,
be applied with a soft, silky
rinsed off in clean, cold wa
,er, and dried with a chamois skin.