The sun., 1910-01-09
AUTO SHOW OPENS TN GARDEN
LICENSED MACHINES IN ROMAN
4 AMPHITHEATRE SETTING.

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XII walton 10 Facilitate the Inspection.
El New York's second great annual auto
mobile exhibition this winter was opened
} IN Madison Square Garden last night at
9 o'clock and beginning tomorrow morn
ing II will be open every day from 10
O'Clock in the morning until II O'Clock
OF night until next Saturday evening.
l The show is being conducted under the
auspices of the Association OF Licensed
4 Automobile Manufacturers and all OF the
kzsolens cars shown in the building are
licensed under the Selden patent.
N. The decorative scheme selected by the
chow committee OF the A. l.. A. NJ. for
this winters exhibition is that OF a Roman
Amphitheatre for the main floor or arena
lbf the building. White and gold are the
dominant oolors in the decorative schsme,
though red and green are also prominent.
4 Visitors familiar with the Garden in its
usual appearance would have consider
able difficulty in recognizing the place.
as the walls. girders and ceilin gs have been
90 artfully concealed that the appearance
lpf the buildings interior has been entirely
changed.
,si The outdoor semblance has been carried
out by carpeting the floors OF the spaces
with a specially woven green fabric. and
the dingy ceiling is entirely concealed
/ by Thousands OF yards OF deep blue fabric
that Stimulates the sky when the myriads
OF electric lights are turned on at night.
IN A pure white balustrade extends all
the way around the elevated platform,
and huge Dorio columns extend up from
the aisie on the elevated platform to the
bop OF the building. with their ends at
tho edge Of the deep blue fabric that con-
lccals the ceiling. The show emblems.
great artillery wheels with red spokes
and surmounted by golden eagles. are
used to top of the thirty columns that
arc placed at regular intervals around
khe arena. The upper balcony has a rail-
ing Of Greek lattice work. painted white.
The signs Of the names OF the cars ex-
hibited on the main floor and elevated
4 platform are OF red letters. painted on
white glass backgrounds. the glass being
the windows Of big lamps at the tops OF
tall green lampposts OF ornamental de-
sign. The signs at the Fourth avenue
end OF the main floor are hung from the
edge OF the elevated platform.
II There are a great many more cars in
the Garden than there were in the Palace
( that have been finished in various brill
liant celors. These splendid examples OF
carriage painting are all the more notice
\ able as the show committee planned its
color scheme so as to bring out all the
beauties Of the finely finished cars that
ARE displayed on the main floor and eIe-
waited platform OF the building.
II One distinct innova ton at this winters
iGarden show is the two rows of boxes the
ishow committee has provided on the
-
aides Of the building, the boxes being
i;i5aatsd just behind the exhibition spaces
ION the main floor. The boxes have seat
ling accommodations for more than 600
lpersons and are expected to be very pop
ulaF with visitors who wish 20 make thor
lough inspection of the cars and accee-
therefore wish TO rest in between their
tours Of inspection over the building.
X At the former shows these boxes were
lowered up 30 as 70 make a background
for the exhibits Of those who had spaces
along each side of the building, and the
|, show committee did not sacrifice any ex-
II hkbition space in providing the boxes for
\ the accommodation Of tired visitors. II
b expected that many of the exhibitors
! a. there will probably not be so many visit
\ ors who will ask for the privilege of sitting
|, In some car for n few minutes to take a
l rest before resuming tour Of the build
4 With the exception OF few of the ex-
( hibitors Of accessories who had not been
4 able to get their exhibits out Of the Grand
4 Central Palace quick enough to have them
I completely installed by 8 o clock last night
I; the show was complete in every particular
4 when the doors were thrown open last
i night and the visitors began pouring into
the building when the show officially
began its. career for this winter. -... .-
Visitors and exhibitors alike uniteu
( last night in expressing the opinion that
the present show is the most satisfactory
; from the decorative standpoint OF any
automobile show ever held in the build
ing. There is an absence OF the plaster
casts and statues that distracted the
attention Of visitors at former shows
and while the decorations are handsome
and adequate they are not OF a kind that
zttrsct attention awey from the cars
Following it's custom OF the last few
years the A. L., A. M, show committee
tha4 arranged that Tuesday and Thurs |
s5tay shall be known as Society Days
hen the regular admission fee will be
fee will be so cents, the usual price for
Affairs held in the Garden.
There are 323 separate exhibits in the |
building, made up Of gasolene. steam and
electric pleasure cars and commercial
sories-includinR tires. ignition systems.
clothing and all the parts and ht-
singsused IN the construction and equip |
ment OF motor vehicles. There are forty |
two exhibits Of American pleasure cars
and twelve exhibits Of American CONNER
cial cars OF all types and sizes The |
Z motor cycle exhibit includes twenty-three |
different makes and is the only display
Of tha two wheeled motor vehicles that
will be made here this winter.
The gssolene pleasure cars are shown
a on the main floor and the elevated plat |
form. the electric pleasure vehicles are |
/ shown IN the exhibition hall OF the foyer
: at the Madison avenue end OF the build |
ing, commercial vehicles and motor
cycles are shown in the basement, and /
Z accessories Of all kinds and description
are shown in the concert hall, the base |
ment and on the elevated platform and |
balconies.
The exhibition hall has been decorated
TO resemble a latticed arbor and the
i immense room is very brightly Illuminated |
at night. The concert hall has a canvas
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