New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-13
SHOW A RECORD BREAKER.
SarpasSeS All Previous ExhIbI-
tionS as Popular Attraction.
SOCIETY OUT IN NUMBERS
Aisles Thronged with Prominen,
i'' Persons, Who Place
Many Orders.


passenger carrying motor cars that the
doubled admission fee yesterday on the
second Society Day Of the eleventh ma
tional automobile show in Madison square
Garden was no bar 10 the presence OF
tlrongs Of visitors from opening until clos
.ng time This Years show has already
SURPASSED all former exhibitions OF motor
vehicles ia this city so far as the interest
Of the public is concerned. and when the
wednesday tickets were counted yesterday
morning fl was discovered that thirty thou
e. sand persons had visited the Garden on
tho third fun day Of the show
The building was well filed with prom
I-ent members Of the social sets OF New
York CITY. Long Island and Westchestcr
COUNTY from noon until the closing hour
last night In n great many instances
these visitors placed orders for cars that
,hev. had examined on Tuesday. Not all
Of their orders were for higher priced ma
chimes with elaborate coach work. as num-
hers Of them ordered smaller and lower
rriced runsbouts or roadsters they will use
f,r short trips to and from their country
homes.
While the doubled admission fee benefits
ffe exhibitors OF the higher priced ears
f. that II assures the presence Of a larger
proportion ~ men and women interested in
tho luxurious types Of cars than on regu-
lar DAYS. It has the effect also Of bringing
lot Of modistes and milliners who go for
the purpose Of sketchng the gowns and
fats Of women visitors. Many of these
se2rchers for new styles in clothes and
hats stationed themselves where they could
make rouen drawings Of hats or clothes
that were worn by well known society
women
Some Of the women visitors made two
trips 10 the Garden Yesterday, as they
wanted 10 see how the colors Of their
evening gowns matched the finish or up
- holstsrv Of some particular car they con-
tcvnUlateG buying. The scene from the
hslconies last night was surely an inspir-
-irr one 10 the men In the automobile bust
ress. as all the aisles were filed and most
~ the finely finished cars shown in spaces
on the main floor and elevated platform
were filled with Gnely gowned women
Visitors.
This years show, I'm greater degree
than any Of its predecessors, has been an
educational one and the exhibitors have
catered 10 the individual buyers Of cars
rather than TO agents and dealers, as was
she case at the earlier exhibitions Of motor
driven vehicles. Most every exhibitor Of
cars has a chassis of one or more of his
models. and in many cases the cylinders
z-s cut away 10 show the operation of the
Salyes and pistons.
The Premier people have a four-cylnder
chassis az their space and also have YER
million finished torpedo touring car htted
with Jones live map. that attracts much
attention Even the lamps and spare tire
covers are finished In the same color as
khe car. 4. L. Westgard, who made a trans
continental route finding trip In Premier
car. spends a lot of time at the Premier
space. The Cadillac people are so care
ful 10 educate buyers that they have
lecturer az their space A young woman
treated some excitement yesterday by
ftsrtirs the engine Of a Cadillac car that
had tbeen shown since Saturday. Inc
IA sorene had beer taken out Of the tank
but there was enough left in the cylinders
FOR the engine to make few revolutions
when the fair visitor lcgan pushing all
she buttons in sight.
One exhibit on the elevated platform al
WAYS surrounded by crowd Is an en-
Iarged model of a Splitdorf magnetic that
Is driven by an electric motor to snow us
Workings while q stand attendant answers
questions about magnetos and other igni-
ton apparatus. At the Buick space on the
main floor there Is white enamelled
rhsssis. with its cylinders cut away and a
klass plate over the left side Of the crank
case so visitors can see the operation Of
-,he engine fabrication system. Royal
Tourist chassis eXCites lot Of comment
SIS Il has two small differential gears
mounted on the equalizing bars Of the two
sets Of rear wheel brakes. This has been
feature Of the ROYAL Tourist for three
years and has just been adopted by one OF
The leading French constructors.
4 trio OF visitors. composed or Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish. Mrs Hermann Oelrichs
and Mrs Charles VI. Oerichs. arrived dur
ing the uid-afternoon. They made several
tours Of the main promenade. visited the
tho galleries and the exhibition hall and
eyen took I'm the odds and ends i'm the base
meRt. The blue tint of the superb Stevens
Duryea limousine car caught their eyes,
as it has the eye for fine shades in every
feminine visitor.
e had no idea they could make this old
harm so attractive" observed Mrs. Fish,
IS she took In the general scheme OF the
decorations
Miss Helen Gould made her one visit 10
the show for a purpose. She ordered a
superb car with a limousine body.
Another afternoon visitor was Adrian
Iselln Other visitors seen during the day
and evening we're Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Ise-