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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or political cartoon**. It promotes "Everyman's Guide to Motor Efficiency" by H.W. Slauson, M.E., a practical automotive maintenance manual. The page features: - **Testimonials** from industry figures praising the book's completeness and accessibility to laypeople - **Author credentials**: Slauson is identified as a leading automotive engineer and former chairman of the Society of Automotive Engineers - **Book details**: 448 pages, over 300 illustrations, green binding with gold embossing - **Price and publisher**: $3.00 postpaid from Brunswick Subscription Company, New York The content reflects early 20th-century American interest in motor car maintenance and operation as essential practical knowledge for vehicle owners. There is no political satire present—this is a straightforward product advertisement placed in *Judge* magazine.
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“EVERYMAN’S GUIDE TO MOTOR EFFICIENCY” i | \HE Author is one of the leading automotive engineers of the country; a former chairman of The Metropolitan Section of the Society of. Automotive Engineers and an authority of national reputation. This is not a text-book, which need be studied and committed to memory— it is an illustrated reference book from which you will secure practical guidance, written in terms that are easily understood, on the care, maintenance and operation of all parts of your motor car. CONTENTS SECTION 1—The Engine, Lubrication, Bearings and Their Adjustment, Cylinders and Pistons, Valves, Timing Gears and Chains, Ignition, Carburetors, Cooling. SECTION 2—Starting and Light- ing, The Battery, The Generator “and Starter, Bulbs and Wiring. SECTION 3—The Transmission System, Clutches, The Gearset, The Front and Rear Axles, The Springs, The Wheels, The Brakes. SECTION 4—The Steering Gear. SECTION 5—The Tires. SECTION 6—The Body, Top and Upholstery. SECTION 7—Keeping the Car Quiet. SECTION 8—The Private Garage. SECTION 9—How to Judge a Second-hand Car. SECTION 10—Saving the Car by Careful Driving. SEC- TION 11—What the Tires Do. Lubricating Records, Trouble Finding Charts, Glossary of Automobile Words and Terms, N. A. C. C. Horse-power ratings, ‘close-ups of Modern Car ‘Manufacture, Current American Motor Car Speci- fications. A Beautiful Book made to Give Practical Service Green Fabrikoid Art Binding, with Dull Gold Embossing—Size 514 x 71% inches, 448 pages, more than 300 illustrations, Good Papér, Clear Type. Sent Postpaid upon receipt of Brunswick Subscription Company 627 West 43d Street, New York Convenient coupon, for your use in ordering, on page 32 1 SS SARS RS SRS SS SS JUDGE. Volume 89, No. 2304, December 26, 1925. | Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 21, 1881, at the Post-Ofice at New York City, N. Y.. under Act of March 3, 1879. $5.00 a year, 15¢ 4 cop Published Weekly and copyrighted 1925 by Leslie-Judge Co., in the U. S. and Great Britain; Douglas H. Cooke, President Kendall Banning, Norman Anthony, Vice-Presidents: Joseph T Cooney, Asst Treasurer and Aev't Secretary; Wiliam Morris Houghion, Secretary; 627 West 43d St. New York, N- ¥. Parti attention, lo called to the fact that Gvery article and. picture appearing i of 3 of tt w of the U. S. For advertising rates addres ER 'E' Company, Ine. ‘New York: 25 Vanderbilt Avenue. Chicago: 228 North Michigan Avenue. comicbooks.com By H. W. SLAUSON, M.E. Dece “ESPECIALLY GOOD” “THE MOS T COM. “T have gone over the PLETE” book and want to congratu- “This book is without q ToC late you on the completeness doubt the most complete and of its contents. The chap- best gotten up work on the ters on the care of batteries subject of Motor Efficiency, To! and tires and how to judge It is written so a layman ¢ second-hand cars are es- can readily understand.” Bersally gees: A leading Automobil H. T. Ewald, Pres. Camp- Mawnafactures. ae To! bell-Ewald Co., Detroit, (Name upon request.) Mich. To! To To