The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-04
A Book for 10 Cents
That Will Help YOU to
Do Your Patriotic Part

II YOU do, you know exactly how
much gasoline you will need TO travel a
given number of miles.
You know, positively, that without
gasoline your machine cannot be made
to bulge a foot unless it is pushed or
pulled.
You know that if the gasoline tank Is
full. your machine is still most useless
affair without a perfect spark 70 ignite
the gasoline.
You know that If the gasoline tank
is full and spark is working splendicly'
Won would not be aole to run very far
without ubricatng oil in your engine.
You know that you would not be able
to run very far without water IN the
radiator of your automobile
You know that there are many little.
cups that must be kept filed with dope
and that there are many other spots
where machine oil must be applied, to
keep your automobile working up to Its
highest efficiency.
You know what the tranSnlsslon sys-
tenn requires in the way Of dope.
You know what the diferental re-
quires in the way Of dope.
You know all these things because
they pertain to the life Of your auto
mobile.
You know all about tires, too.
You know that all tires must be in
fated 20 pounds to the inch and kept IN
Aated up to that point to give their max
imum mileage.
We stood in a garage day two
ago and could not help observing how
every man who drove in with his car in
trouble, knew exactly what was the mat
ter with it.
II want the carbon burned out Of the
cylinders said one, driving in.
"Clean the brushes in the generator,
said another as he got out Of his car.
THAT left front wheel is out Of line, .
was another's diagnosis of his cars case.
my carburetor is flooding, said an
other.
And so on.
You may not own car and may not
drive one, but near you, reading this,
there may be someone who owns and
drives one.
Turn and ask him what a conmutator
is.
He will tell you in jitfy.
He will tell you what cam is and
what a camshaft is. )
Then ask him quickly, while you are
in the c's, what he knows about food
calories.
He will reply that he doesn't know
very much about them, because you will
have hit upon a subject that has to do
with HIMSELF, and the average man
knows very little about himself.
He knows much more about his auto
mobile.
He knows when he has a headache, to
which, however, he pays little attention
if he can get some dangerous drug that
will stop it shortly.
He knows when he has a stomach
ache; he knows when he has touch Of
rheumatism, but he never takes the time
to find out what causes these things.
He knows what TO do when a cylinder
isn't hitting, but he DOESN'T know
what to do when his head aches or his
stomach is acting up, because he never
took the trouble to study and find out
about himself and what keeps him in
good running condition.
He never takes himself into DOCTOR
office-service station for the human ma
chine-and says doc ! have been eat
ing too much fat; II have not been
eating enough lean meat Il do not
eat as many vegetables as ! should - -
do not eat as much fruit as I should.
He says Gee, Doc, I'm al in.
don't know what's the matter with me-
wonder if you can fix ne up
He does not stop 90 think that his
body is an engine, that 1t must have
heat; that it can get overheated; that it
must have fuel; that it must not have
too much fuel; that it is not getting
enough fuel.
He knows that gas and spark must