Evening star., 1925-03-15
No. S9--'The Daily Dozen.

BY n stroke of good fortune Smith
and ! happened to meet in the same
town on our recent trips and put
up at the same hotel. That was
how | happened TO discover he did
his daily Oxen every morning.
1t was good exercise, so l also
joined in for few minutes. Then,
suddenly. | stopped and started to
rush into my clothes.
whats the NATTER" Smith asked.
Getting wiuded already? Why, I'm
not half finished"
Neither am l." l retorted. only
I've decided that perhaps ! can kill
two birds with one stone by doing a
daily dozen on the car"
THAT will be work. not exercise" :"
he grumbled. The contortions a
motorist has to go through in order
TO grease a universal joint are a
little too much before breakfast.
No. thank you! I'll consider the car
after I've had my fill of bacon and
flapjacks-"
smiths Eyes Opened.
But all the while he was getting
into his clothes as quickly as pos
sihle. obviously determined not to
miss anything. He was still out of
patience with me when we stepped
across the street to the garage and
located our cars. but his eyes were
wide open.
The first thing he saw me do was
TO get the oil can and Iuhricate the
pump shaft, the fan bearing and the
clutch oil cup. He noticed l used
very little oil. for these, and when he
inquired why I didn't give those
parts a good oiling while i was at
it. | explained that by oiling them
4 .c-1s Of a
them. Once a week is too indefinite.
1t is for this same reason that l
creased the spring shaclIles and the
steering assembly with the grease
gun. This took but few minutes,
and therefore, seemed unnecessary.
But, as l told Smith, the car would
begin to feel better for il along about
noon after we had covered so miles
or so of hard riding.
A moment later / was bending
over as though to touch MY toes
with the tips of my fingers, but Smith
found that I was reaching for the
radiator drain cock as well as for
health. The daily dozen wouldn't be
complete without draining off little
of the rust-colored water and pouring
in a quart or so of the real stuff.
always notice the difference when
the car begins to- do better than
usual on a long steep hill.
Business and Pleasure.
Recalling that Smith had done "a
peculiar exercise which he after
ward told me was good for the liver
| took a wrench and started tighten
ing the rim 'lugs of the wheels
did not make an irksome task of this,
but merely went through the mild
exercise Of fitting the wrench to each
enough. Since a few of the lugs were
loose / felt the car was going to
benefit as much from the exercise
as my liver.
My next stunt was to see that all
the spring clips were tight. This re-
quired bending the knees and stoop-
ing over. / am quite sure this took a
number of kinks out of my knees as
well as the car. Then when ! had
bent over a dozen or more times to
see whether all the cotter pins were
intact in the steering and brake as
semblies. | removed the gloves, put
away the tools and announced l was
ready for breakfast,
But that's only a half a Dozen"
Smith reminded me.
I'll do the remainder at the end
of the day" / explained Instead of
exercising myself before going to
bed I'll exercise both myself and the
car. The usual thing is to drive the
car into the garage and forget It.
But you can't get the most out of a
car by treating it in the usual way.