Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02

C>1xn m&oo L2SI yeAI tu8k INC Sot-
e~ousness OF the decorative work
has been overdone. There Is much
less ornamentation In stan work.
with consequent gain of spacious
effects and out-of-door feeling. \
simpler. but none the less expansive.
setting has been afborded for the
gems OF the automobile industry.
The color scheme OF the big show
Is gray and crimson and white. Th sre
ts no starry sky overhead. as hast
year. but the g'rders OF the great
dome are screened by n canopy OF
soft material. warm gray In tone.
The exhibition spaces OF the maln
floor and elevated platform are car
peted with a specially woven fabric
of deep crimson. with the visitors
aislcs between sharply set on by tire
gray material.
Entering by the foyer. the visitor
Is confronted by n towering gateway,
replica of the one at the Fioria
Toresca villa in Florence. Back of
the real iron gratings OF this gate
way are visible garden wall with
trees and shrubbery behind Beyond
this entrance.piece extends the main
display space. broad path OF san
culinary hue, between the side
aisles with a row OF ornamental pill
fsrs. fourteen feet in height. crown
ed by lamp globes extending along
tho middle. In the distance. at
the Fourth avenue end. the vista is
that OF Italian villas with terraced
gardens OF their own.
For the edges OF the balcony, the
platform and tho mezEanine floor,
special railings have been designed,
which. like the lamp and sign pillars.
are finished in pure white. A few
heroic statues in stan work adorn
the platform.
The Eame gray and crimson
scheme Is found in the basement and
cafe. a rathskeller with a novel
grotto effect Is located IN an out-of-
the-way corner of the basement.
In the concert hall, a departure In
the decorative scheme has been made
by arranging II as an ,adtunctory
rose garden. set with iatticed arbnrs
in green and white
In the number of exhibitors, az
gregating over 800. as well as IN
simplicity and beauty OF decorations.
this years show surpasses any pre-
viously held. Last year there were
added over 10000 feet OF floor space
over 1905. while this year II was
necessary to add over 10000 more.
to accommodate the Increased de-
mand for space.
The exhibition of electric vehicles
Is the most complete ever held,
which. with full line of CONNER
cial vehicles and the first complete
motor cycle exhibit ani the 1908
models OF the standard gasoline cars
afford an imposing array OF the vari-
Gus means of locomotion.
"A feature which will ndoubtedly
0tSi 0(b AAuNh oNbOAAAbVh ~ NhC AhObOA
cycle exhibition. Thirty-one promi-
nent manufacturers of motor cycles
have installed exhibits. including
many European manufacturers.
The exhibits of automobiles In
clude only those Of American make,
as was the case at the independent
show at Grand Central palace. For
the first time this year the machines
OF foreign manufacture will be
shown separately at q special i'm
porters' show, opening December 2S
In Madison Square GardeH.
Ono OF the most important facts
clhal Forces itself upon the observer
is the predonainance and remarkable
popularity Of the six-cylinder car
II the exhibition affords any criti-
cism for Judging the public fancy
and it usually doeS-then the COM
ing year may be termed a six~cyiIn-
der year In the American automobile
world.