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and the Latest Refinements for the Pleasure Car

���The Louisiana State Board of Health has turned one end of its laboratory on wheels into a garage for a small automobile. The automobile is run into and out of its car on steel chutes

���Automobile covers of paper are used when the car is idle to keep out dust and dirt and prevent rusting and tarnishing of metal parts. The covers are made for small, medium and large cars, and the paper may be as heavy or light as desired

��At right: An eye-protector against wind pressure. It does not cover the eyes. The goggles closely fit the side of the face and extend outward and down- ward, thus forming an effectual windbreak without shutting out the air or affecting vision

���A folding blanket curtain for the radiator, keeping the heat within and preventing freezing

��Street cleaning in Bombay with a modern truck and a huge barrel reservoir. This apparatus, minus the truck, is centuries old. It somewhat resembles our own sprinkling carts

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