New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
AUTO SHOW POPULAR.
NITNBER OF SALES MADE.
Final Plans for Parade indicating
EUoIution Of Locomotaon.


omen ar IL o'clock and during the morning, aite'-
noon and evening hundreds of representatives oil
,he trade inspected the many fine examples OF
Ftrropeaa cars and chassis the arena floor
TIa, spectacular features OF the show continue
70 attract attention The peaceful soothing effect
Of fhe electric fountain the Fourth avenue END
was enhanced by the placing OF a number OF ofos
in cages in the IS soon as the buzz or con-
rersation became general in the Garden the birds
added their notes the general chatter and added
a note of harmony. if such was needed
The tea room for women into which the CONCERT
hall has been transformed. is exceedingly popular
The centre of hall is g veritabie garden with
flower beds, in which plants are growing, tGff
lawn, palms and shrubs GravcIled 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 eAhblt
of pen and ink originals by Malcolm Strauss Most
of these deal with automobilins
Not all The racing are shown IN the loan.
exhibit at the northeastern corner of the moor.
In the exhibit Of the -Fraschini cars can
pc found the machine in which Minoia won the
Florio cup race This Is A large red racer IL IS
now owned in this country. At the Renault eH-
hibt is shown the car with which Messrs La
t-roix and Bernin won the neutrality-suspicious. race
at Morris Park during the summer
The total rurnter of chassis and complete cars
in the show is eishty-two. OF these fii'S-
nine are complete cars and twenty-three are
chassis Five extra bodies. not mounted on chassis
are also shown. or the eighty-two cars ana
chassis shown. seventy-three are four-cylinder
seven are six-cylinder ana two are tWo-cyAhoeI
engines ~ .-..- ,.u,r
,, NJ york WAS the comment of John z Par
sons she well known lawyer. who fv<Sltea lie
salon yesterday afternoon, accompanied nS - Sl's-
Parsons And art combined Win GuslneS9
,frift ., he added Another visitor who spoke en-
-1s,ss,ica1l,- of the exhibit was Ralph NJ HichoN
of New York and Paris. who was accompanied
n, Charles I,anier Mr. Hickox who returned
recentiy from Paris where he attended me aU'o
show at the French capital in November saio-
THE New York show Of the importers '"ui-
pares favoraby with the show in Paris II Is "
SORT Of Paris show in miniature as 70 the beauty
or its decorations. OF course, the Parls snow
xyss r,uch larger. but it not more beauuLu'-
j am glad the foreign makers 'lolns 80
z.u in New York. but this Is not surprising
vrhan Won understand that the Americans are
among the best customers of the manufacturer
of autos abroad. and especially in France 1her"
are p great many Americans who 90 not tiliih
,e t,,,1-nr an auto until they get abroad and are
in the mood TO indulge their fanoies That is
why many Il the foreign machines are bought
abroad by Americans j am delighted 10 nave
eeen this show.
sfiT,-snother visitor was Jacob RUPERT who, IN
.pite of the msfortunes he has had with his nllef
ons automobiles is not LOSING his interest in tho
snort Last Friday night Nj RuppeTts Imousi,
car was battered into pile of junk By two 1h'td
avenue trolley cars. Mr. Ruppert was al the $40"
looking for another i have just importer an
Iralia, touring car of 20 horsepower, said Nj
Rur,,ert 1T will he in February hopeH
20 have il over in time let the builders have it IL
this show The importers are certainly glVlng
beautiful exhibit. The detail work ot the salon x
wonderful Il ali goes to shoT how fTeTne-lousi'
shis industry has expanded In few years 1FerE
.ne wnetl er or he contcnnplates buying an ac-
,mo,,,e sncJld visit tfis salon end learn lesson
in industrial expansion
some important sales were made yesterday T.
c Converse bought 35-4@ Pantard limousine lo'
s. sec. II a handsome green car. finished lnsios
with mahogany, and has been attracting nuch
attention at the show. Mr.. Converse purchased II
as New Years present for his wife. Mr. Con-
verse viii sail for Europe on Friday Another
purchase was that OF Fiat chassis. 40 horsepower
nv r. w Rouss Mr.. Rouss will have a Limousine
body built on the number OF othef safes
were made during the day
Among the visitors in the afternoon were Fred
erick and Herbert Pratt, James Hupfel and Ru-
toIf Schaeffer, who seen at the Maja booth;
+ A. Mcintyre, Of this city, and Jacob Schhchter'
Of Philadelphia. and delegation from the Auto
mobile Club of America. including Colgate Hoyt,
A. A Anderson, w. ID. IIurlbert. Emerson Brooks,
Clarence NJ. Hamilton and Dave Hennen Morris
other well known visitors included Mrs Hermann
f1cirichs Fire Chief Edward Croker. john A Hoag-
land Mr. and Mrs Iorillard Spencer jr, Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, Reginald Ronaids,
Pierre I,orillard Ronalds William Woodward, Nj.
and Mrs. J. F. D Lanier, Charles NJ Skinner. Mr.
and Mrs. Cortlandt Field Bishop Mr.. and Mrs f.
Grey Criswold who said they contemplated buying
a limousine during the week; II Victor New
comb. Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Burden Mr. and
Mrs Jules Montant. who have travelled more miles
in Europe by auto than any other American globe
frotter with the exception of Charles J. Gid
den: James C. Blaine. J. Tilden SaWn. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur iselin J. Alien Townsend, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry q. Trevor. John B. Trevor. Robert w.
Goelet. Adolphus Busch, Nevill Hyams. Irving
Rrokaw and II. L Riker
The completed plans for the grand carnival which
will usher in the year midnight finally
made known yesterday by S. r. Ball, who designed
and executed the decorative scheme Of the show.
shortly before J. O'Clock the aislcs circling the
main floor Of the auditorium will be cleared, and
promptly at midnight. amid a footing OF automobile
horns The procession viii begin This will Illus
the evolution Of locomotion eliminating IN, as
sts highest development. the faoS automobile.
The pageant will he led by D'Aquins hand, fol-
lowed by a monkey all 1ours the fitting SYM
hol according Darwin. of prehistoric mans idea
q locomction. Next viii come 4 member OF the
human, family clothed leopard's skin. who viii
b followed by team OF oxen drawing an ancient
Egyptian OK cart. which represents the earliest
form Of vehicle of which there is historic record.
A hand or Hiadus. beturbaned and berobed in
Oriental fashion viii next carry a typical palan-
cuin one such Krishna Mulvaney must have
ridden in aIl the way Benares. Arabs on stolid,
s-ay5ng ships OF the desert. the camel viii come
siong in tleir turn. Rome VIII be represented In
she Roman chariot perhaps the first type Of racing
vehicle which has culminated in the high power
racing automobife Then long step 10
comparatively modern times in pillion. much in
vogue in the days before the railroad, and vic
roria OF purely modern type
q model OF an up-to-date locomotive will have ITS
place in the procession. followed by the direct fore
runner Of the automobile. the bicycle Several well
known bicycle trick riders Will furnish
for the vast crowd which is fully anticipated will
pe present.