Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-12-28
FOREIGN AUTOS
MAKE DISPLAY
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN The
SCENE OF BRILLIANT DISPLAY
OF BEST MOTOR CARS EUROPE
CAN PRODUCE .,..;,z..
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doors of Madison Square Garden are
thrown open tonight for the annual
exhibition of foreign-made automo-
biles, under the auspices of the I'M
porters' Automobile salon, the mo-
tor-interested public will have the
pleasure of looking over the best
motor car products of France, Italy,
England, Switzerland and Austria.
More than 100 different models of
the very latest and finest creations in
European automobile designs will be
displayed. =. a - >id
Those who were privileged to
make preliminary inspection of the
big garden today declare the show
will be one of the most beautiful and
comprehensive exhibits ever given in
America. The decorative scheme is
the most novel and artistic ever seen
in the big building. The general
plan is a representation of scene
on fete day along the Champs
Elysees, the famous Partisan thor
oughfare. Visitors will pass from
the foyer through a Louis Quinze
gateway with a canopied ceiling.
The wall of the gateway are deco
rated with a painting embodying
the idea of the spirit of Speed
Entering the arena, the visitor will
view the auditorium through semi
circular facade which at the western
end Is open so as not to obscure the
view. On either side of the facade
stands two tall red obelisks, crown-
ed with archaeological jewels. This
forms the entrance ay 70 the wide
aisle, straight down the center OF
the auditorium broken midway by
sculptured group.
At the extreme Fourth avenue
end the central aisle terminates at
fountain more than 80 feet in height
on each side of which is a peristyle
of columns. There are no exhibits
in the concert hall this year. This
part of the big building has been
/ transformed into a real garden, with
graveled walks and flower beds in
which real flowers are growing.
The floor plan of the garden has
been SO altered for the sho that
there is a wide aisle down the cen
ter parallel to which ON either side
there are two other afsles. The same
amount of ground-fooF space is
available as at the last automobile
show in the garden, but without
overhanging platforms. The ground
floor has been given over entirely to
the exhibition of cars, while the SUI
lperstructure or platform which en-
circles the arena, and the mezza-
nine floor, just above 1t, are occu-
pied by the accessory exhibits. Uni
form exhibitors signs have been
used on the ground floor in the form
lof blue banners attached to ornate
illuminated stationary pillars. A
novelty has been provided for the
accessory exhibitors In the mezza'
nine floor, in the form of fiowei
signs made of large la france roses
The illumination of the show viii
be arranged in a different mannei
from that of any previous show, the
lights being placed lower in thu
building, so as to illuminate more
distinctly the exhibits rather thar
the great dome of the arena. Witt
the glare of thousands of electric
lights playing about from roof
balconies and floor, naturally Their
Twill be a CLEAN of brightness seldom
. equaled.
. In the midst of it all will stan'
the handsome and costly cars to b
l admired and examined. For Who'll
week these cars are to be inspecte
by throngs, morning, noon an
might. Runabouts. touring cars
/ limousines will be there. Two, fou
and six cylinder machines of rec
| green, black, blue, gray and oths
! hues, spread out in rivalry and offe'
ing mute testimony to the mag
:. wand that the motor industry ha
waved in America and Europe.