New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
PLANS FOR AUTO SHOW
Hozg the Garden WiU Look When
Decorations Are Complete.

A new precedent for decorative schemes will be
set when the doors OF Madison Square Garden open
for the seventh national automobile show. that IS
to be held there during the week of January II to
1s. Not even at the Automobile Salon Of Paris or
in any foreign capital has there ever been at
tempted anything like such elaborate and ar
tstic creation for a show.
When It is said that more than 5000 is being
spent simply in preparing the setting for the ex~
hibits and that the interior of the Garden will
present a scene of dazzling beauty, only vague
idea is conveyed of what is to be presented The
motor cars will attract their usual following, but
apart from them the scenic surroundings will be
worth a long trip to every lover of a spectacle.
The ooloring will be varied and hasmoniously
distributed. and some idea of the ensemble may be
had by those who picture a palaual Swiss
garden in the late fall or early winter
Overhead, the iron girders of the big show
house will be concealed by canopy of amber hue,
studded with 5000 silver stars The whole floor
will be covered with a specially woven green car
pet. The side walls of the main floor and platform
will be concealed by paintings designed to perfect
Fourth avenue end viii be a huge canvas, painted
by well known creators OF theatrical scenes ana E
galleries will be heroic statues pedestals eight
of of the Sen sho@. and Was designed by German
sculptor; another is a winged Mercury. designed in
nately along the sides At either end Of the band
stand will be another heroic figure representing
will be fountain, twenty feet across the base
and eight feet in height il viii have three basins
ooIored lights The spirit of the fountain is q
nymph holding a dolphin, and On the rim of the
bowl will be sea children pouring nbatons from
water vessels held in their hands On each side Of
the fountain will De allegorical statues or heroic
size, and it will have background OF natural
plants and foliage.
Stretching down through the centre of the Gar
den will be q rustic arbor, made of white birch.
This will be intertwined with autumn foliage. with
Varicolored electric bulbs. The stairways from
the floor to the elevated platform also will be Of
rustic work Several carloads of white birch were
brought from the Adirondacks especially for this
work. The central rustic bower combines the
maximum of attractiveness with the minimum sx-
action upon the valuable floor space. The arbor
has sloping roof that is supported solely by Pill
lars rising to the peak. and at the ground the
pillars are the stanchions of rustic seats
The general picture will not be marred by any
visible railings- Those of the elevated platform
will be concealed by art nouveau paintings, intro
duced so as not 10 have too much mountain
scenery, and this portion of the work will be fur
ther enriched by draperies of wine colored silk
In all. more than twenty thousand yards Of dra-
pertes will be employed The demarcation OF the
spaces Of exhibitors viii be by means a; OF narrow
The desks and chairs and all the furniture OF the
exhibitors also will nave {hs TONS OF Forest green
sTaI scharne will be carried out, but IN the concert