New-York tribune., 1911-01-11
SOCIETY At THE SHOW
welcomes Opportunity to Look
Over the New Auto Models.
WOMEN BUYING OWN CARS
Show Amazing knowledge Of
Technical Points and Drive
Shrewd Bargains.


s7vare Garden Yesterday afternoon and
evening was a larger one so far as the
number OF cars was concerned. than the
eleventh national show being conducted in
,be Garden by the Association of Licensed
Automobile Manufacturers. II was the first
~ The two society days Of the week. when
the admission fee is 81 instead Of the Gus
,ogfsry 80 cents. and the only effect
noticeable was that the visitors included a
great many well known men and women
VINO generally stay away from the Garden
on days when the regular admission fee
Is exacted
As was to be expected the hundreds Of
ears which ranged around the Garden IN
Madison avenue and the cross streets in
cluded a great many vehicles with inclosed
boachwork Limousines were in the major
,ty. while landsulets and town cars were
about even in number Most Of the old es-
,sbIished makers were represented in 'he
outside show. with Pierce-Arrow, Peerless,
Packard. Lozier, Stevens Duryea, Mer-
.edes l.ocomobile. Winton, Chalmers,
Cadillac and Stearns cars in the greatest
numbers.
The visitors showed most interest in the
rseny beautiful and luxurious. examples OF
closed bodies shown on the main hoor, Gle
waited platform and exhibition han. They
Cd not confne their attention 10 the ma
chimes for which the services Of a ohauf-
feur are necessary. however, and many OF
them did a lot of searching for cars they
can use without having a paid driver.
The search for a car to De driven by It's
owner was not confined to the men Wis
Nors as many a stand attendant found
t,mself staggered by technical questions
from women who displayed an astonishing
amount Of knowledge Of the mechanism OF
motor car. II developed that an ever
50 sing number of women who live part
., ALI Of the year in New Jersey, West
Trsster County or Long Island have learned
- drive They find doing their own giving
- .riovabIs that a good many Of them
sra manning 10 get cars of their own, so
~ VII not have to wait until their
t.,b.rs husbands orsbrothers are not using
Their cars.
Automobile makers and statesmen have
Ions. recognized the great influence welded
~. women whose masculine relations fire.
ouently buy cars according TO the likes
# members Of the fair sex In these days,
however,
tnejr own. and the shrewd manufacturer
IS making careful plans TO cater 70 their
trade. Some OF the concerns are prepar-
lng 10 meet the demands Of prospective
women buyers by fitting clutch and service
brake pedals that can be adjusted so even
very short women will have no difficulty in
getting their feet on the pedals
s A. Miles general manager Of the Ma,
tlonal Association of Automobile Manu-
facturers and manager Of the annual West
ern national show at Chicago. spent some
tine in the Garden yesterday, bCns par
ticularIy Interested in the deuCreti ons.
which he praised very highly. s. NJ But
kr, chairman of the contest board Of the
American Automobile Association A. r.
.psrdingtou. second vice president OF the
Long Island Motor Parkway, and Fred J.
Wagner the official race starter, visited
aha Garden In the afternoon and looked at
most Of the car exhibits
out Of town visitors who hold American
Automobile Association railroad certifl-
Gates can have them validated at the
American Automobile Association booth in
tre concert hall to-day, tomorrow and FRI
DAY until 9 O'Clock. The Moline exhibit,
Including the Chicago Motor Club trophy
Son by Moline TUnabout in the 1910
ciidaen tour, was IN place on the elevated
platform yesterday. having been delayed in
transit
Albert r Shattuck. former president of
thc Automobile Club OF America, visited
She show yesterday and bought a Hudson
WIpedo A new 50-horsepower Mercedes is
due 10 reach the Garden to-day, arrange
ypents having been made 70 have the car
released on the arrival Of the steamer
Gothlsnd The car will be valued by GUS
toms men Al the Garden. II has a torpedo
body
William K Vanderbilt. jro while passing
along the elevated platform during the af-
ternoon came suddenly against the Van
derbit Cup. with himself IN his first racer
carved In relief upon the face Of IT, The
cup was standing in the Alec car that won
I the last two years in succession and
alongside stood Harry Grant. who drove
the car. and Fred Titus. the former bicycle
champion Mr. Vanderbilt stepped inside
the space and manifested lively interest
In the winning car and also in q six-cylin-
oer chassis that stood beside IT,
The judicial world was represented at
the show Yesterday by Justice James w.
Gerard. Judge Ebert II. Gary was an
other visitor
Among others present were the following
Ogden Mills. John Griswold Webb. George
g. Bourne. son Of Commodore Frederick G.
Bourne. and Howard Bourne. f. i. Wander
pool. Frederick NJ Davies, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elishs Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. j. Stevens u
man, y II. Vreeland. Delaney Nicol Mrs.
E C. kirkland, who recently acquired a
sAw car; Z W. Smith, Of Syracuse; a. K.
yefoington. Erskine Hewitt, Captain Philip
ID Lydig Louis Sherry, Frederick L. Pea
body, 0 fBoston who was found studying a
Chalmers car with W. l.. Benedict of this
city: George {. Boldt. jr.; Alfred Hayman.
Whitney Warren Charles ID. Wetmore'
Oliver Hartman, D. G.. Reid, Joseph II
Choate r.; Commodore and Mrs. Frederick
o. Bourne. Miss Marjorie Bourne, Lyman
@. Gage, d De Pcyster Livingston, former
Ambassador oscar s Strauss, William
Loeb, jr., Collector OF the Port; General
Horace Porter. General Charles +. Roe'
Nj and Mrs Davis II. Knott II. M. kol-
bourne, George d. Webber. Arthur +. Doei-
ger Jay r. Carlisle. w. Give Crosby MT
and Mrs Charles r Meyer. Mr and MFs
NilCTC /egEiO. Louis Keller