New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
AUTO SHOW POPULAR.
NUMBER OF SALES MADE.
Final Plans for Parade indicating
EUoiatioR of LOcom0tioR.

noon and evening hundreds of representatives of
the trade inspected the many fine examples OF
European cars and chassis the floor.
The spectacular features of the show continue
10 attract attention The peaceful. soothing effect
of the electric fountain the Fourth avenue end
was enhanced by the placing Of number OF birds
in cages in the trees. AS the buzz of con-
versation became general in the Garden the birds
added their notes TO the general chatter and added
a note OF harmony, if such needed.
The tea room for women, into which the concert
hall has been transformed, is exceedingly popular.
The centre OF the hall~is veritable garden with
flower beds. in which plants are growing, a turf
lawn, palms and shrubs. Gravelled walks crunch
under the heels of the visitors. About the walls
are tables. where neatly dressed maids serve cakes
and tea. Here. too, is shown an interesting exhibit
OF pen and ink originals by Malcolm Strauss. Most
OF these deal with automobilng.
Not all the racing shown in the loan
exhibit at the northeastern corner of the floor.
In the exhibit OF the Isotta-Fraschni cars can
be found the machine in which Minoia won the
Florio cup race This is a large red racer. 1t is
now owned in this country. At the Renaut
hibit is shown the with which Messrs. La
Crox and Bernn won the twenty -four-hour race
at Morris Park during the summer.
The total number OF chassis and complete cars
in the show is eighty-two. OF these, fifty
nine are complete and twenty-three are
chassis. Five extra bodies not mounted on chassis,
also shown. OF the eghty-two cars and
chassis shown, seventy-three are four-cylinder,
seven are siX-cylinder and two are two-cylinder
engines.
The most artistic industrial exhibit 1 saw
in New York. the comment of John Z. Par
sons, the well known lawyer, who visited the
salon yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Mrs
Parsons And art combined with business
thrift he added. Another visitor who spoke en-
Enthusiastically of the exhibit Ralph NJ HichoN,
of New York and Paris who was accompanied
by Charles Lanier. Mr.. HickoX, who returned
recently from Paris, where he attended the auto
show at the French capital in November, said:
The New York show of the importers COM
pares favorably with the show III Paris. 1t is Il
sort Paris show in miniature as to the beauty
of its decorations. OF course. the Paris show
was much larger, but it was not more beautiful
1 am glad the foreign makers doing so
well ID New York, but this is not surprising
when you understand that the Americans are
among the best customers of the manufacturers
of autos abroad, and especially i'll France. There
are great many Americans who do not think
- .3y.uc an auto until they get abroad and are
IL he mood indulge their fancies. That is
w. many f the foreign machines are bought
abroad by Americans l am delighted 10 have
seen th- show
sin another visitor was Jacob RUPERT, who, IN
81 Of the misfortunes he has mad with his numer
o. automobiles. is not losing his interest in the
- - Last Friday night NJ Ruppert's Limousine
CT ....s battered into pile of junk by two Third
E.. l''- trolley cars. Mr.. Rupert at the show
i,5ss - for another Il have just imported an
italian touring car of 20 horsepower, said Mr.
Rurpcr,. 1t viii be in February. l hoped
TO have II in let the builders have il il
Vtis show The importers certainly giving Il
beautiful exhibit The detail work of the salon is
wonderful. 1t all goes to show how tremendously
shs industry has expanded in few years. Every
b1ne whether or not he contemplates buying
tornobile should visit this salon and learn lesson
in industrial expansion
Some important sales made yesterday. Z.
{ Conycrs- bought 35-45 Panhard Limousine for
sS5e0. Il is a handsome green car, finished inside
with mahogany. and has been attracting much
attention at the show. Mr.. Converse purchased il
as a New Years present for his wife. MIR Con-
Will sail for Europe Friday. Another
purchase was that n Fiat chassis, 40 horsepower.
by r. ". Rouss. Mr.. RoUss VIII have limousine
body built the \ number OF other sales
made during the day
Among the visitors in the afternoon were Fred
erick and Herbert Pratt, James Hupfel and Ru-
dolf Schaefer who the Maja booth;
F 4. Mcintyre of this city. and Jacob Schlichter,
Of Philadelphia. and a delegation from the Auto
mobile Club Of America including Colgate Hoyt.
a A. Anderson. ". D. Hurlbert. Emerson Brooks,
Clarence NJ. HamiltoD and Dave Hennen Morris.
Other well known visitors included Mrs. Hermann
Oelrichs. Fire Chief Edward Croker, John \. Hoag-
land, Mr.. and Mrs. LoriIlard Spencer jr. Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, Reginald Ronalds,
Pierre L9rillard Ronalds, William Woodward, Mr..
and Mrs. J. F. D. Lanier, Charles ". Skinner Mr..
and Mrs Cortlandt Field Bishop Mr. and Mrs F
Grey Ggiswold, who said they contemplat ID buying
Il
comb. Mr. and Mrs. James - Burden. Mr.. and
Mrs Jules Montant. who have travelled more miles
in Europe by auto than any other American globe
trotter with the exception Of Charles J. Gid
den: James @ Blaine J. Tildea SavE. MI ara Mrs
Arthur lselin, j Allen Towns nd. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry @. TreEgi, John i. Trevor. Robert w
Goeet, Adoluhus Busch Neviu Hyams Irving
Erokaw and II. !. Riker.
The completed plans for the grand carnival which
viii usher in the rew year at midnight finally
de kr .rIa fH-
and executed the decorative scheme of the show.
Shortly before - O'Clock the sles crcling the
main floor Of the auditorium will be cleared and
promptly Al midnight amid a footing Of automobile
horns the procession viii begin This will Illus
trate the evolution OF locomOton eliminating in as
its highest ~eveopment, the 1905 automobile.
The pageant wiu be led by D'Aquin's band fol-
lowed by monkey all fours the fitting sym
bol, according 10 Darwin. Of prehistoric mans idea
OF locomotion Next viii member Of the
human family, clothed in eopard's skin, who VIII
be followed by team of drawing an ancient
Egyptian cart. which represents the earliest
form Of vehicle % which there IS historic record
\ band OF Hindus, betUrbaned and berobed in
Oriental fashion will next carry typical palan-
ouip. one such as Krshna Mulyaney must have
ridden in all the way Benares. Arabs on stoMd
swaying ships Ct the desert" the camel VIII come
along in their turn. Rome VIII be represented in
the Roman charo-, perhaps the first type Of racing
vehicle, which has eliminated in The high power
racing automobile. Then comes n long step 10
Comparatively modern times in p!llion, much in
vogue in the days before the railroad and a vic
toria of purely modern type.
A model OF up-to-d2tc locomotive will have is
place the prccessic. followed by the direct fore
runner OF the automobile, the bicycle Several wei
known bicycle trick .tders VIII furnish anusenle1r
for the crowd which it IS fully anticipated viii
be present.
Finally the last stage Of the evolution of locorao