The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-01-01
H0Nk SHOW IN YORK
Automobile Display Best Ever;
Denizens See Vehicles.
MADISON SQUARE IS ABLAZE
Public Will Be Given Opportunity to
See Changes In Motor Car 9uiid-
inc During the Year.
Especial 10 The Free Press.l

New York, Dec. 30.-Eonk! Honk.
The automobile show is coming to
town. The chickens and cats which
are now displaying their charms at
Madison Square Garden will have COM
petition when the Grand Central Pal
ace doors swing open tomorrow night
Tor the ninth annual exhibition Of
the American Motor Car Manufactur-
ers' association. The Importers Au-
tomobile Salon will be an extra at
traction, making this show truly in
ternational in extent and surprising
in interest any previous display of
motor cars and accessories ever held
on this side of the Atlantic.
Motoring Clans Are Gathering.
Already the motoring clans are
gathering for the show, and all the
big hotels are today entertaining scores
of enthusiasts from all over the United
States, here to see for themselves the
progress that has been made in motor
car building during the last year. If
any radical changes were expected, the
motorists are due to be disappointed,
since the scores of American and Euro
pean ears now being put in place in
the palace show little marked improve
and greater beauty of design.
The program of the show was final
ly decided upon today. The private
view will be held tomorrow afternoon,
and the doors will open to the public
at eight in the evening. Friday will be
army and navy night, Saturday stu
dents night, Monday engineers night,
Tuesday society night, "Wednesday
merchants night, and Thursday NUM-
cipal night.
Final touches were put on the dec
orations in the palace today and prac-
tically all of the exhibits are in place.
Europe and America have been searched
in order to produce the beautiful and
original decorative scheme that will
serve to make the coming show the
most elaborate Of its kind ever held
in America.
Thing of Beauty.
Thousands of electric lights. oil
paintings, bevel- glass mirrors, tropi-
cal gardens, statues, streamers, group
ed flags of each nation represented
IN the exhibits, powerful searchll@hts
and blending of harmonious colors will
cause the Grand Central Palace show
to be an epoch maker in automobile
history.
Not only has the interior of the pal
ace been decorated but the exterior
has been given more than ordinary at
tention by the artists, while the main
lobby and stairways leading to the
main court was given special atten-
ton by the artists and sculptOrs.
The present public entrance on Lex
lngton avenue has been made into an
porte cochere, with mas
sive statuary of Egyptian design sup
porting electric signs. which will flash
out welcome to the show, Electric
searchlights at the entrance are ar
ranged so as to be seen at great
distance and two other signs, eighteen
feet in width, will cover the rear wall.
Surrounding the two columns will be
a classic ballustrade with large urns
filled with evergreens lending their
scenic effect to Il huge oil painting
representing an rushing automo-
bile that is leaving flaming comet
like trail of dust and light in IT'S wake.