The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-11

The seventh annual show OF the TIT
State Automobile and Sportsman ; shoM
| association opened at the Light an GUAR
! throughout the week. II is Detroit ;
| second show OF the season, tye loCai
/ dealers show In December having pre-.
! ceded IT. A considerable number or
/ the dealers exhibited at both shows
/ and those who do not favor the sec
| ond exhibition with their presence are
giving separate shows In their o ts, u !,
places OF business. thus maintaining
| the general tone OF petroits annual
In many ways the armory show
promises 10 be the most successfui ln
history. II is by all odds the .prettiest
show which the association has ever
boosted Secretary McMaster and ms
assistants have given weeks 10 men,. ia. as
and the result certainly justified the
pains. The walls, rafters. ceiling and
gallery OF the hall are completely Gov
cred with the color scheme or maroon
and white, and the hues blend perfect
~ with the colorings OF the cars. The
signs are unlform-gold on back
groand 81 DARK AK red S,te h Dl sPs's tipp S
with glowing. tncandescent globes.
The entire main floor Is given up TO
automobiles. and the array included
never before shown In an exhibition or
the kind. In the big gallery the &C
cesxory firms hold sway. The base
ment Is given up 10 the motor cyeI .s
and a display under the auspices or the
Wayne county road commission.
The show opened with more than the
usual formalities. Gov. Fred NJ War
ner came in from his home In Farm
ington, and, with Mayor William b.
Thompson, visited the show under tne
guidance OF President William r.
Metzger OF the Tri-State association
Early IN the evening the notebles We're
escorted 10 the Continental Caoutchouc
Co.'S booth. In the main gallery; anu
a cornetist signaled for sience' fFsa-
erick 4. Castle then introduced the
state executive, who congratulated the
people OF the city and state on the. ex-
cellence OF the show and predicted an
increasingly brilliant future for the
automobile industry, which has been so
important in it's influence on the In
dustrial prosperity OF the state. Mayor
Thompson, who followed, paid his re-
spects 10 the show and the automobile
industry at greater length
I'VE are all proud OF our city, said
he "our parks, our boulevards, our
and our prosperity. We are also proud
OF our automobiles. The process or
manufacturing this vehicle has
brought thousands of families TO TINS
when I say that the automobile indus
try has done more than any other TO
make Detroit what II Is Life Is worth
living In Detroit. and the automobile
- -
ing it so. No industry has developed
so rapidly In recent years, and one
needs only q show like this TO be aDIe
TO summarize what that development
''The automobile will go from the
great prosperity IL now enjoys 10
prosperity even greater, l am sure; It's
day has only commenced. The bright
est business men / know have iden-
titled themselves closely with the In
dustry, and the proudest boast OF a
Detroiter should be tnat nis city nae "a
motor cars. As from the early days
of the Industry down TO the present,
the best automobiles are made In De-
troit."
The opening night Of the show found
the building filled with spectators ana
amply assured the promoters or the m
terest Of the public. secretary ncM as.
announcement of definite program
for the week. The opening was desig-
mated as Governors Night TUESDAY
tion to the members OF the Automibll
Club OF Detroit. and ~ corresponding
iy designated as Automobile Club
Night" On Wednesday the customary
Roads Night" IS carded for Friday,
which Saturday night. the concluding
one OF the week. Will feature the
elusive organization OF it's kind in the
world, II is composed OF % members,
ali OF them connected with the auto
mobile trade, "a OF whom formally ac-
cepted the invitation rendered by the
management TO attend the show In a
body preliminary TO their annual meet
ing which Is historically held during
Automobile Week" In Detroit.
Az nearly all the booths Il was no
tfceable that the general supervision
was at last thoroughly In the hands
OF the local retailers, and factory forces
were notfeeabiy abseHt--Au the local
Factories are now running-most OF
them with a full force OF men at work
and the show has simmered down TO
the local atmosphere, which Is the de-
ARE OF the promoters. In spite OF this
fact nearly every booth boosted at
least one special SHOW car" which has
done duty at the national expositions.
The use OF white as finishing color