The San Francisco call., 1910-11-21
MAKERS ROBBED RAINBOW

MAKERS ROBBED RAINBOW
The chief charm of the automobile
show to the layman-who can not af-
ford to buy a car and who is not so
fortunate as to be engaged in the auto
mobile trade-comeS with vision. 1t is
a rare treat to the sight to see the
glistening cars, in all their rich and
delicate shadings of body and uphol-
stery.
The artists of the 1911 models studied
colors in the confectioners window or
over the easels of the pastel painter.
Originally the automobile was the red
DEVIL a scarlet flash on the landscape.
But that color quickened too lively a
mood in the imagination of the oppo-
nent of the car and also Jared some
what on the temperament that wanted
the car for pleasure and comfortable
travelling, not for speed and dare
deviltry.
but they are comparatively few. The
darker tones, black and dark blue, pre-
dominate.
ONE is BRIGHT AZURE
But merrier colors are frequent Two
cars wear the verdant green of early
spring. others are in the various
shades of gray, one bold car is a bright
azure, a car wrapped literally in a
piece of sky. Maroons and the deeper
reds are in the rainbow of cars, and
Bluffs and yellow, too. In the uphol-
stery the taste of the maker is ex-
plotted and the taste of the purchaser
attracted. 4 pearl gray tonneau is
upholstered in brilliant red Russian
leather. A dark car has a greenish
Mexican leather on its seats Another
is upholstered in crushed grape.
The limousines are delicate as a
bridal suite Some are in gray, others
in purple, with graceful tassels. a cut
glass orchid vase on the side. an
electric globe in the ceiling, so that he
who rides may read
To show that all is vanity. even in
a show of luxuriously appointed auto
mobiles, there is a hearse-an auto
mobile hearse-on exhibition at the
show, a heavy vehicle, with piIasters
and cornices like a cathedral and all
the panoply of excessive and expensive
grief. trimmer built machine. fn-
lshed in white with loaded panes, is
an ambulance
VANDERBILT CUP THERE
Not far away is the handsome Van
derbflt cup, the great totem of auto
mobile speeders exhibited bv the com
pany whose cars have won it two years
In succession. 1t is splendid bit of
silverWare, chaste and innocent, a tro-
ply worthy to struggle for but scarce
ly worth the number of lives that have
been lost while it has been the center
of the classical speed contest of
America.
There are no racing cars at the
show. Every exhibit is practical Near
ly all the cars went to Idora park un-
der their own power, and could be
purchased in the exhibition pavilion,
have their tanks reflled with gasoline
and roll out under the purchasers
volition. They are nearly all stock
cars"
An interesting feature of the, show
is that in nearly every exhibit there
is a type of car of the make stripped
down to its chassis, showing the naked
mechanism of the automobile, the part
that does the work. Several exhibit
tors have the separate parts of their
cars laid out for the calm and judicial
inspection of the purchasers and own
ers of the ears.
200 CARS ON SHOW
There are 81 different makes of cars
at the show. exhibited by 80 agencies
in San Francisco and Oakland. About
200 cars are in the pavilion. represent
ing a valuation f. o. b. Pacific terminal
points of 100000. There are In adji-
ton to this valuation 100000 worth of
cups on exhibition, trophies won by
cars in contests and shows.
While the show was open yesterday
the endurance run over the Alameda
county prize automobile roads was on
and cars were checked in at Idora park
on their journeys.
In addition to the touring cars and
the Iadylike electrics there are auto
trucks and vehicles of all practical
kinds at the show. So if visitor does
not buy a touring car runabout for
h lie mi fe a n hi1X a fl1n
his firm for Christmas, or he can merely
stroll about in the aromatic pavilion,
by the christmas trees" and listen to
the band.