Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31

to INCLUDE good carkccping. NJ
finding . parallel in making the
I;aulinc tenders are no more tole
rated than the iangline noise produced
10y air il the steam heating system
o. The hume. Dirt is chased just as
reliGiousIy from the car as it is in the
living room, whether the housewife
dues il or pays for having ii done. y
leaking Gasl.et is as unpopular AS Il
leaking faucet y punctured tire is
mcndpi with the same dispatch as the
hole in little Wilie's stocking or
t2therS sock. The counterpart uf
every problem in the home is To he
found in the automobile and. in the
main. it i tackled with the same in
tenSity and remedied al once.
Know How to Keep Car.
Women are fully conscious of the
fact that good Carkeeping is the con
Comitant of pleasant car operation,
just a S they are conscious that good
housekeeping makes for happiness in
the home
Good carteeping means that woman
has learned much and is learning more
OF the Importance of keeping that
automobile properly serviCed.
Making one concession Ia the more
virile and, in the matter of automo.
blleS. more violent SeX-Woman is in
n letter position to see that her auto
mobile is WCll cared for. When the
machine needs repairs. she finds ii
possible To turn IL over To the repair
man. Her business Of house i,rs pin"
does not require. impcratiVclN. the
IISt Of Il ear. The fetish oi ''heinG on
lime i less pronounced in her Sched-
ule. Not that shes as late AZ She il
suppoScd always 10 be. She merely
makes less noise about ~ artuulity.
In proof OF this, there's her ear.
When il requires Il change in oil III
every LOCO or 300 miles. il is taken
to the service station. Men driving
thu same make with identical require
ments very often are too busy" or
too something else IL solve a prob
lem that strikes Il woman as being
an essential part of the days business.
What about punctuality" now" Is
1t merely that the word is susceptible
of varying definitions?
Learns Service Practices.
II isn't the womans province to
drain the oil from the era nk-Ca Sc. but
her intelligent interest in this process
has equipped her to see that il is done
properly. She doesn't let the service
stations Walter Raleigh do his work
improperly any more than she allows
tn, maid to leave dust on the pia no.
The custom. still followed by many
mechanics. of flushing the ora nkCase
with Kerosene before putting in fresh
oil is one that she, an intelligent car
keeper. has learned is condemned by
experts. 1t costs more at the moment
10 order him To use fresh oil for flush
Ing but il costs much less in the long
ll.n. 50 she pays the additional first
"cSt that there will hc no later,
greater one.
y woman does not have t. he of q
IL, rhanital turn OF mind to learn The
principles upon which an automobile
works and what service practices
serve these principles best. How
much work do men do on the car that
some expert does not have To undo
before the machine starts running
again? careful observation Of I'M
hIHpy 90 SEES of roadside stalling re-
N"a!S that most men are more adept
1T using the telephone than a wrench.
No men are not 50 mechanically in
cined. either.
Intuition Good Here.
Intuition. reput edIy woman's great
eSt gift. saves her from many OF the
traps into which the man Car-owner
falls. When she goes to the service
station or repair SHOP HPi lIIHltlplI
often tells her that the glib mocha mic
knows nothing about the car more
quickly than her husbands vaunted
ma stery of it's mechanical mystery
t@rs him.
We'll see what You can do about
it." says the impatient husband.
II may be back later" says the
diplomatic woman as she goes I" find
a specialist.
in, Il, Ia l,,,
detected a Slight noise in the motor
OF her new car md WAS not too busy"
to find out what it meant. The neigh
hurh""d sarageman, an aggressive
snap Judgment person, quickly vnlun-
teered the information that a loose
aluminium piston WAS The cause.
The mans knoW-it-; all attitude and
the fact that she could recall nothing
about aluminium pistons in the III
struction book that came with the car
made the woman a little cautious,
We'll. ! guess it won't hurt to run
it to the market" she remarked diplo-
matiCally.
Finds Gupsser Wrong.
Instead. she went to the service sta
ton of the dealer who sold that par
II, ular make of car. There she was
told the trouble merely was loose
tappet and that no aluminium pistonS
were used in that particular car. In
tuition and her study of the inStruc-
ton book had saved her the expense
Of having the new ma chine torn down
ard judging by her experience with
the CARA Geman who suggested such a
course poorly rea ssemhed.
How much happier than resicninC
oneself 70 fate. with:
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