New-York tribune., 1909-01-02
GAY SCENE AT SHOW
U-TO DR4WS Il BIG HOLI-
DAY CROWD.
e;rbt of Cars Makes Some Get Ont
Their CheckbookS and Join
Motoring Band.

,-,.ort as was the opening OF the automobile
= on Thursday night, the scene was surpassed
sDectacle yesterday, and particularly last
-. vrl,en representatives OF the army and navy
- Yf,a special guests of the show Hundreds
.s-ned in and out Of the Palace ali day long. and
g md deulnnst rators were busy that they
80 for q double equipment OF eyes and ears
=. sands and tongues particularly tongues There
-. --as such a day for cash buying of cars, said
,s nef' timers who were around the offices. Men
- =, without any particular idea OF buying a
orr one that took their fancy, and, after a
, of = dozen blocks so. drew out check
-, and ordered the car sent home
~, Thursday night people were too busy TO look
,b =. any particular car. They wanted 70 ah-
- ,be general scheme Of things. and to see the
s,,,- in its general aspect. II different yes
- The cars that had forced their names to
-. .++ention Of those who read the newspapers by
.L.i- adva-<fsinE reaped the reward Of the enter
- - -beir makers. and the spaces Of the well
-, makers were crowded al day Denonstra-
..,,e mere constant. and the only time one had a
ha,,a n realize how many practice cars were
x+andnr in Lsd street in the lun At dinner time
The cars were out occupied by prospective pur-
chasers al the rest of tho day
ruas holiday crowd that turned out TO hook
cv- thA ears and the accessories and the aeronau-
,ic exhibit and au the other things that made up
.hs show II uas well dressed crowd, and the
stlinz Of silk petticoats and the bulk of It's TUT
orercoatS spoke eIoque7tly of the substance that
lav behind l.
Not the least interesting rart Of the show was
+he press room. where scores Of newspaper men
from af1 over the country gathered 10 exchange
opinions about the new models Of cars and al that
tha show held IF new interest There was n1nch
for them 10 take and 70 record as the hlstorN
ri the years advance IN the development 81 the II
.7lst-v but that Is a story the technical experts
have already told IN part IN 7ne TTibunes special
s,lrp1er1ent yesterday the completion q which
ais he left 10 them
After ell. the prime purpose ~ such sho" rs
she one ~ th= Palace IS 70 sell cars and that part
the work Of the show got into fun swing FeS'er-
dav II VIII grow as the show grows older, but the
whole atmosphere yesterday reeked ot encourage
-7ent for tia trade Prosperity vas in the air II
re-ueated everything and every one and the res
son for rne optimism among the rradesrnen who
th-onged the building vas not >ar - seek
Among the army men who came over from Gov
e-nor,s Island we're Major General Leonard Wood.
Lieutenant CoIor-1 Louis Rrechernin. Lieutenant
colonel George ?. Scriven. Major Amos W Kim
hall. Colonel 9. A H NcCauley. Colonel John l.
Chamberlain Colonel 7 G n Knight Colonel James
= Allison Major !. s. Mallory. Adtutant General
n : Heis-and. Colonel H q, Bowen Lieutenant
Colonel Robert 2 Arles. Colonel q. B. Nitcham
End Colonel Rogers Bi-1ie-
Those present from Fort Schuyler included IAeu-
tenant Colonel Albert Q. Blunt. Captain Terence
: Murphy. Captain Charles L. !. Frohwitter and
Chaplain Ruter 4. Springer
F0Tf Na1sW0rT1 was TepreSe1ileO nv MAYOR W
g Haan and Captains Scott. Phisterer, Condor
and Greiz
From Fort Hamilton came Major William II.
Wilson. Major Herman c. schumn and Captain
jenkins
ore Of tha most interested spectators yesterday
was Mrs Hermann Oelr1chs. who visited tho show
With her son Hermann Oelrichs. jr. They spent
nearly two hours wandering aboUf- MI and Mrs.
Stewart Duncan. who visited the snow with Frank
In A. Plumrner. also spent several hours in the
building.
Among others present were Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Whitman. Mr.. and Mrs Walter Lispenard
suvdsrn Nr and Mrs Stephen H. J. Mccormick
Mr.. and Mrs William A Gulliver, Mr. and Mrs J.
Stewart Barney. Hamilton Mex Twomby, Ben
5anin Nicoll. Gordon Fellows J. Lorimer Worden,
Harold S. Vanderbilt, Pierre Lorilard Congress
man Rhinock Of Kentucky: Mr- and Mrs. Andrew
Cuneo William Il Rutgers, Thomas Moore. Fred
erick Jackson, ir.. Walter Gibbs Murphy. Edward
DonneIly and Edward l. Coster-