Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27
PALACE SHOW
NEARLY READY
| NEW YEARS EVE TO BE OPEN
ING DATE
Carriage Dealers Show Interest Which
Indicates a Desire on Their
Part to Handle Auto
mobiles

1t would not be easy to conceive of
brighter prospects for an exhibition of
automobiles and accessories than exist
with relation to the Grand Central
Palace show, promoted by the Ameri-
can Motor Car Manufacturers asso-
citation, which opens New Years eve.
The lobby of the palace will be
stripped of its usual decorations, and
will be hidden beneath mammoth oil
paintings and statuary, upon which will
be thrown rays of hundreds of electric
incandescents. Beautiful as the general
decorating scheme will be in the main
auditorium and galleries, the lobby will
be turned into an art exhibit which
will cause admiration and praise by
those attending the show.
There will be five huge paintings in
oil, each 20x20 feet, and the piece de
resistance is an original work of art in
blending and harmonizing colors, pur-
porting to resemble a racing scene. In
the foreground, and gracefully mounted
on the radiator of the leading car, is
the figure of young girl draped IN
flowing robes and apparently urging on
the following cars. Alexandra Popinl
the artist, says he considers it the best
racing scene yet produced. The whole
scene is one of action and shows five
powerful racing cars sweeping aro.nd
the curve of the track at a furious
pace, leaving clouds of dust behind.
While the racing picture viii proba
bly, attract unusual attention by the
thousands as they pass through the
gates, the two Erwin Mechanics" in
oil, will receive their share of applause
and admiration. Seated on an anvil
and surrounded by hammers, wrenches,
tongs, a tWo-cylinder motor and Vari-
Gus gears, is a female figure. High
above her head she holds a holly
wreath. while in the other hand is an
automobile tire. Her twin sister is
surrounded by accessories, including a
huge magnetic, searchlight and tires.
Sc also is draped in flowing robes,
and in one hand upholds a holly wreath
while in the other she supports min
iature automobile.
The other two oil paintings comprise
a female figure surmounted on an
automobile wheel, on whose base is
perched an eagle with outstretched
pinions. The whole has a setting of
American and European flags, which
are represented by the various foreign
cars in the Grand Central Palace af-
fair
Besides the huge oil paintings, the
lobby will be made attractive by two
statues which will be erected each side
of the main stairway leading to the
court of honor 1t is safe to say that
the Grand Central Palace show will be
agreeably surprised at the reformation
of the lobby and stairways.
The fact that it is now almost tifteen
months since the last show was held,
seems to have whetted the public's APP
petite. and already the reservations for
rooms at the leading hotels is far in
excess of the supply. This year, in
addition to the regular automobile
trade there will be carriage and wagon
dealers fro mall parts of the country
who. hereafter. will add the motor car
to their horse-draWn vehicle stock, and
that the combination is a good one Will
be shown by the tremendously increased
demand for cheap and moderate priced
cars during the next twelve months.
An indication of the interest by the
carriage trade in the Grand Central
Palace show is shown by requests from
the carriage dealers asking for courte-
sizes similar to those extended to the
automobile dealers. Hundreds of big
dealers from all parts of the country
are taking up automobiles. and with
their well equipped salesrooms and
wide acquaintance with the buying
public, it is contended that they will
make excellent agents for motor cars
and accessories. Feeling that they are
entitled to consideration at so import
ant show as the Palace affair, the
show committee of the American Motor
Car Manufacturers association has de-
cided to extend the courteseS of the
show to 2200 carriage dealers who have
a rating of $4,000 or more. This, to-
gether with the regular automobile
dealers, indicates a record breaking at
tendance of tradesmen at the big eX
hibition at the Palace.
Another conclusive reason for the
continuance of automobile shows viii
be shown by the number of new types
of buggyabouts and the many improve
ments embodied in the 1909 cars, pas-
ticularly in the moderate priced division
of machines selling for $4,000 or under.
That the trade is not alone in its de-
sire to see the 1909 models is shown by
the interest displayed by society, the
army and engineers engaged in other
mechanical lines. and for their benefit
a special night has been set apart 50
that they can study the cars at their
leisure.