Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-02
MOTOR SHOW GREAT
SOCIETY EVENT
IN NEW YORK
Many Wonderful Costumes,
Made in Paris and America,
Displayed at Automobile
Exhibit.

EXhiDlt.
New York, Feb. 2.--For more than
fortnight New ror;N appeared TO be
Possessed with the automobile craze.
IL affected persons OF every class. for
surely no one is so poor that he does
Z not dream OF owning a car sonic day.
/ Thousands OF eXcurslonists came tol
/ the city from New England and from
/ the south, while the west sent en-
/ thusiasts half way across the CONT
nent
The Twelfth National Automobile
/ show NJ Madison square garden was
I the chief attraction. but Is was not
| the only one, for three great shows
| cnticed crowds who marveled at the
/ latest models displayed in most all
Turing style. Nearly week before
/ the Madison square show opened the
| importers salon 81 the Hotel Aston
made bid for notice. and It. was
well worth a visit Then the man
ufacturers who did not belong 10 the
Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
! association. which had possession OF
Madison square garden. arranged q
most remarkable exhibition Ia the new
Grand Central Palace. The utmost
harmony between the two dig shows
was snid 10 exist. certainly, with the
present facilities II would have been
I! impossible for all the innumerahic
cars to be satisfactorily displayed In
one place.
Fashion NJ Auto SHOW.
The garden was most efiectivcly
decorated. An immense canopy OF
oriental eoloring hid the grent girders
and bay trees and cvergreens We're
employed la large numbers. Statues
and fountain illuminated with ri-
descent lights added 20 the scene.
ON the society nights wonderful
costumes were displayed, and women
IN the very latest gowns from Paris
admired the extraordinary mot0r-car
designs from London, among which
the Prince Henry and the Corona
ton weer conspicuous. Then there
were all sorts OF odd vehicles which
. viii doubtless soon appear on the
streyts--sinEle lHndaulets. double
landaulets. phaetons with sliding pil-
.ar tops. waRonettts scmi-rncers run
abouts gadabouts, and rlCkshaa
Although January weather has
been as variable and as trying as
, weather could be. II has not inter-
fered with the gay2ties OF the city,
for opera and drama have drawn the
\, usual throngs The cold wave brought
/ terrible suffering. ana the rain that
! i,.. on snowy streets made walking
! almost impossible.
In the midst Of balls and parties
: the millionaire set received the shock
] caused by the burning OF the EQuit-
able Life Insurance building. bat the
act that host or hostess was won-
d,rua uHttacr % Tess m.I.oUs I Fc-
DmtUs .ere destroyed r.N atl.I
p.,c 30 AtD ia t...h "a. uDue
New Opera Wins Favor.
The production OF the opera lie
Dome Curiose' by Ermano Wolf
Forrurt. who Is now In New York.
was one Of the principal musical
events OF the season. The cnst. which
Included Geraldine Farrar, Bella
Alien, Hermann JadlnWker, Alamo
Oidur and Antonio Scott, GIVE "a
! most satisfying performance, and the
J music won favor Immediately 1Ao
7 opera had its first hearing Ia Munich
Ia 1903 but In New York tho COM
, poser had his first opportunity ~
nearing u sung Ia Italian. and Doe was
so delighted that, with true Latin
emOti0nalism he wept with delight.
Tho weeping took place behind the
scenes fortunately. and the audience.
! which succeeded Ia calling Mr. WOLF
Fcrrari before the curtin beheld a
very plcasant-looking man OF about
thirty-nvc n should be explained
, that tho scene Of lie DONNIE Curiose'
Is lald in Venice in the eighteenth
century and that the stage pictures
are exceedingly pretty II rs unneces-
sary 10 add that the opera about tho
curious ladies is supposed to oc com-
) edy Of the most refined brand
Tuliy's PLAY Well Re'eiyed.
Richard Walton Tuily's play "rhD
Bird of Paradise" which Is now al
, Dalys theater, has been well received
In New York. The critics unite IN
/ praislng the stage pictures, and IN,
company has won cordial reception
As The BlrG of Paradise" was first
: produced In Los Angeles. Il h doubt
7 less remembered as a drama that has
charm and novelty II belongs - the
, seasons stylc-for each year there
, appears 90 be distinct fashion in
I "iays For 1912 the popular idea Is
I melodruma with gorgeous settings
and } think that Mr. FULLY has been
! most forurate in finding D theme
= switch o. lr 'nai 0no 'rH'drdlf inter.
I fire m1 my mind "The BIRD OF
! Paradise" has much 20 rnor 90 9
, iudod public.
1 one of the recent offerings % "rh'
. Butterfly ON the Wheel a play that
q Introduces 10 America Miss Madg,
: Tithoradge, charming English att'
ross Ia the London production
I Lewis Walter. who Is now aupfarinl
. IN "The Garden OF Allah had th'
, leading role. and he Is the maruEei
n or the company, which D. now vim
3 King moderate favor The tpene Z
s modern and concerns Itself VIII
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