Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-23
SEEN AND HEARD UP AND DOWN re
THREE-TONC CANOPY
OVER GARDEN CARS
Tons of Steel and Million Feet
of Lumber Required TO
Reft Building.

Beneath a huge. rich, crimson and gold
canopy weighing no less than three tons,
doubtless the largest single piece OF deco
fated fabric ever woven together, the Mad
ison Square Garden Twelfth National An
tomobile Show will open Saturday, Janu-
airy 6, and continue for two weeks. ms
great canopy or inverted Oriental rug
which will attract the spectators eyes i'm
,nediately has q lattice-like centre panel
measuring 200 by 100 feet, and fringing 1t
are twenty-four other smaller paneis, re
ouired to cover the Gardens iron slrdefs
stretching ncross the ceiling of the struc-
ture. Artisans weaving, drying ana paint
ing this gigantic rug have been WORKING
on It for ten months and are rushing 10
complete it. o,
In the centre panel is a large allegoorical
painting representing the triumph OF the
Industry. Several thousand feet OF norul
garlands are to be draped IN graceinl DOT
ders about the panels, and the manage
ment Is sanguiIe that 1t VIII ne pro.
nolnoed one of the most remarkable art
pieces seen in years.
Next Monday workmen viii begin aeuV-
ities In preparing the Garden itself. Hun
dreds of artisans have been at WORK on
Inc decorative properties for months; more
than 900 tons OF steel and 100000 reef OF
lumber are to be used in econstructll6
the building. The two monster elevators
I which were successfully used at the last
! show again will be put into service W
hoist the exhibits to the od de hnsfine com-
nIttee in Charge of the Garden show to
remove or conceal the famlllar INES %
The amphitheatre's interior by converting
it Into a definite picture, which itseIf oe-
comes the frame for the EXHIBITS. WINE
the work of doing this becomes more oii[
heult each year, the genus ol tnose W
whom it falls seems to rise to the occa-
sion. For the show of 1917 cars the ple,
torial idea is that of a mammoth orlensa,
garden. The color scheme is CRIMSON any
gold with smatterlngs here ana tnere VI
other tints.
The exhibition spaces on the main floor,
elevated platform and balcony VIII pc car
peted with a specially woven fabric 81
areen hue. Entering from the foyer the
Visitor will be confronted by a large ioup-
tain casting up sparkling streams OF wa
ter. Back of this in the centre Is a staIue
representing the EZRA of motors. the
splashinE water from the fountain VIII pc
electrically radiant, made SO by lIiuGs-
cent, hidden electric bulbs. All about tle
fountain are eight games or bust hgnres
standing, on pedestals ten feet hlgh, areileu
by garlands of natural flowers. HaiI y
dozen bay trees are arranged in front OF
the fountain. Beyond this fountain VIII
extend the main car display space.
The plan of having the elevator plat
form and balcony above the arena 9o4 fhe
scheme of covering the high rear sea.s
SO as to make n sort Of mezzanlne hooI'
will be repeated this season; a hoT hall nio
eony special ratings have been designed,
which, like the stairways, STANDARDS any
decorative borders, Will be flnisneo IN FIN ~
IN the general view these ratings or the
platform will rise to three rows IN irohs
aud rear and two rows on each sioe OIL
the interior. In 10
boxes or loges similar to those or inc
horse show seating 1900 people. Extenulns
about the arena, towering to the dome,
will be a number of ornate, Impressive
steel column which add much to the
stateliness of the whole effect, These col
unns support the balconies,
ITponeenterin the garden the foyer, woe
and deep, will be decked out on each slde
with thick lockwood hedges, in the re,
cesses lof which marble figures on tai
pedestals sculptured by the eminent mar
iini, viii present a pleasing, artistic et-
feet. The ceiling will be clustered WITH
vines and natural flowers. on the rigni Is
the exhibition hail, while IohoMlts
straight ahead the main sarueh sfeo'9
This exhibition hall is being transformed
into a California patio, the entire grape
istic. A huge pagola will extend about
the room, while stretching around the Iour
walls is a mammoth Landscape palntlnS
by Pal. representing a golden sunset IN
Southern California. The pergola mas
stucco columns supporting It and Is toppeu
with a tiled roof. The centre part OF 1he
nergola is open over head. In the midst
of this Is a much smaller one with foliage
entwined cross-beams. Peering upward q
blue sky is seen through the lattice oil
vines,
THE concert hall, reached after passing
up through the garden proper, VIII be
found transformed into a Vefltaple Jap
anese cherry garden. Visitors will be nn-
der a canopy of white cherry blossoms
the branches being so covered that the
ceiling cannot he seen through them.
These branches of real GERRY wood We're
cut last spring and stored away especially
for this purpose. ne artificial blossoms
will be scented with the natural. dainty
uerfume. Circling the room will be n
panoramic landscape scene depicting the
Land of Flowers in all the glory of its
full bloom with Fuu-Yama, the sacred
mountain of Japan, towering in the dis
lance.
"A Spanish bodega in a California set
ting VIII be found in the basementnone
of the quaint features of me show. There
lis a huge iron gateway surmounted by a
''~tympumen." upon which is painted two
toreadors drinking to their hearts con-
tent. Inside stucco columns rise to the
ceiling, and on the back wall a gigantic
mirror adds the illusion of great size to
the room. Mission furniture and the Call
fornia scenery, seen through the arches
In the side walls Will give the place "a
pleasing, romantic atmosphere.