Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26

of imagination visitors may fancy
that they have been carried back to the
days when daring chariot drivers We'd
with each other on the cOncourse of the
Circus Maximus III ancient Rome.
In deciding upon the semblance to. a
Roman samphitheater the primary thought
Of w. w Knowles, the architect who con-
ceived the idea. and the show committee.
consisting Of Col George Pope. chairman,
Charles Clifton and Secretary NJ. L.
Downs,s was to get from the big modern
amphi eater general impression of spa
ciousness. and no point was missed of
which advantage might be taken. The
layout OF the exhibitors spaces, of the
galleries. elevated platform, ratings and
even the signs will lend itself to this
roomy effect. At the early shows the en-
semble of exhibits was cluttered with so
much decorative frippery that the magni-
tude of the whole was not fully realized.
At the garden next month no plaster
casts, bunting. rubber plants, palms or
hanging bird cages will interrupt the
general view. The idea of uniformity in
the decorations will be carried out so
completely that even the small spaces in
the gallery will receive the same attention
as those on the main floor. White and
gold will be the dominant colors in the
scheme, although green and crimson,
also. will be strongly in evidence. The
girders of the big dome will be screened
by canopy of 7.OOO yards of fluffy azure
blue, amid which myriad incandescent
lamps will twinkle. A score of huge arc
lamps with colored shades will be pendent
from the roof.
The exhibition spaces of the main floor
and elevated platform will be carpeted
with. specially woven fabric of ligh,
green to lend something toward an effec1
of the cars being on the turf. More thar
5000 square yards of carpeting Will bt
used. At brief intervals along both sides
of the long aisles extending the length OF
the arena will be ornamental lamp posts
eight feet high, finished in what i.
known as verd bronze. Lettering OH tin
posts will inform visitors of the names
of the exhibitors adjoining and also direc;
them to the various departments of the
show. Fifty OF these lamps will be OF
the main floor and about thirty will iliu-
inmate the exhibits on the elevated plat
form.
Entering the arena from the foyer the
visitor will be confronted by a Roman
seat extending about a fountain of pure
design. The seat will be on the front Ol
low abutment of gray stone, and in.
tegral with 1t, except where at intervals
bay trees will be set in gaps provided fol
them. The fountain will have trough.
| like basin, in which gold fish will dispOr,
themselves amid natural pond lilies In
terspersed with the natural flowers viii
be artificial water plants and from the
petals of these vari-coiOred lights will
radiate. In the center and at each enc
water from the mouths Of grotesque heads
will spray upon a pool beneath, made
iridescent by cunningly concealed lights
Overlooking and extending along both
sides of the arena will be boxes which
will seat more than 1000 people. These
boxes at former shows were covered SO
as to form a background for the cars ex-
hibited on the main floor. 1t is expected
that they will be one of the distinctive
features OF the coming show.
Washington cars have recently been
purchased by Napoleon Hill and DIR.
Charles r. Luce. both residents of this
city. Both cars are thirty -five-horsepower,
fitted with roadster bodies.
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The.motor in the Washington forty-tive-
horsepower car is the latest product of the
Milwaukee Motor Company of Milwaukee,
Wis., This motor is four-cyiinder and
has a bore OF four and five-eighth inches
and stroke of five and one-quarter inches
The motor develops forty -eight horse
power at LEO revolutions per minute. and
has turned up as high as $500 reyolu-
| tions per minute when running light. The
Milwaukee Motor Company claims that
this motor is the lightest high powered
automobile motor made in the world