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Never mind that slippery wet street -- / The tire with a thousand claws will hold you.
Stop as quickly as you will -- / Those thousand claws grip the road like a vise.
Turn as sharply as you will -- / Those thousand claws take a steel-prong grip on the road to prevent side skid.
You're safe -- safer than anything else will make you -- / Safe as you would be on a perfectly dry street.
And those thousand claws are mileage insurance, too.
-- _From the Lancaster Tire and Rubber Company's / advertisement in the Satevepost._
Never mind it if you find it wet upon the street and slippery; / Never bother if the street is full of ooze; / Do not fret that you'll upset, that you will spoil your summer frippery, / You may turn about as sharply as you choose.
For those myriad claws will grip the road and keep the car from skidding, / And your steering gear will hold it fast and true; / Every atom of the car will be responsive to your bidding, / AND those thousand claws are mileage insurance, too -- / Oh, indubitably, / Those thousand claws are mileage insurance, too.