The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-10


show In Madison Square Garden 10
throngsd with visitors From pres-
ent indications this nrst week Of the
show will break all records for at.
tendance. Many trains from the
West and South, ~ we'll ~ New Eng.
land. brought In large numbers Of
persons interested in automobiles
who did not arrive for the opening.
white q portion Of the shows at
tendance u made up Of persons con-
nected With the automobile industry,
the great majority Of those who pass
through the gates are private owners
or prospective owners Of cars.
Around o'clock in the afternoon
. the garden took on q ttngs Of the
! kialto. and It appeared a. II half OF
broadway had been transplantsd
matinee DAY. Many prominent play
err had been invited TO attend ~
guests Of the show management,
tickets for the members OF thsir re.
spectve companies being inclosed
with tho tnvitaeUns. and 4 large
number Of actors and actresses re-
sponoed.
A quartet OF the visitors that at
trActed considerable attention Vas
composed OF William Collier. George
Al. Conan, Raymond Hitchcock and
John Junior. They remained an
hour, and Mr.. Collier. who has just
| said he was coming back another day.
as II was impossible to see everything
IN 30 snort time.
Theatrical Folk Attend.
| Miss Kitty Gordon. encased In huge
white bearskln furs, walked about
with her maid. and iatsr was Joined
by Miss Jane Eowl and Miss Ethel
Jennings. Kathleen clifford and
Doris Cameron. frvm the Winter
Garden. made a most attractive
couple. a. did Gertrude Vanderbilt
and sophye Barnard. from The Red
Widow" Daniel Frohman came IN
alone. and Julian Eltinge was with
Sam Harris.
Others well known up and down
Broadway who interested themselves
In the exhibits included Eugene Wal
ter. the playwright: LAddfs CHI.
Otto 0eritx, Of the Metropolitan Grand
Opera Company: byron Beasly. who
In with Margaret Ellington. and Ed
mond Beresford.
have been termed society niEhts
there were present any number OF
the smart set pokn A1teIuOVu 0"A
evening. The suffrage movement
does not take up al Of Mrs. Alva
| Relmont's time. N was Indicated by
the fact that she thoroughly enjoyed
an hour among the exhibits and stop
ped at several booths where demon
strations were being given to ask
oeustions With Mrs Belmont was
Moncure Robinson.
Society Turns Out.
Frederick W. Vanderbilt was an
Interested spectator. Magistrate
Fredertc Kernochan came In with
| some frisnds. and yoauE Oliver Iselin
| brought his iiAncee. Niss Bsatrtcs
r1akg. Others present included Harry
Breyoort Kane, General Charles +.
Roe, Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer. will
dan, II. Coombs. Mrs. John r. Drexsi.
william II. Hude Nelson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jules Rache. Mrs. Edwin n.
Weatherbee, Mrs. W. Goadby Loew.
e. Victor Loew and Miss Mabel
Gerry.
One OF the most striking exhibits
in the whole show IL at the Flanders
booth. One-half q car II shows.
the chassis being sawed in two In
a longitudinal section. II IL the nWt
time such an idea has been exhibited
at an automobile ahoE. Even the
magneto valves, transmission shaft
and housing, dinferential and small
screws which happen to be In the
plane in which the chassis - cut are
all in section
Vaiers and ssss. Starters.
Az the Hudson exhibit correction
was made Of an unfounded story that
n new type OF valve was TO be shown.
The rumor grew out OF some experi-
ments made In Detroit OF a rotary
disk valve by several other manufac-
turers. The Hudson exhibit consists
OF touring car. roadster and TORPEDO
model, the features OF the exhibit be-
ing a snow-white chassis. which de-
monstrates the simplicity OF the car.
This Is In addition to a skeleton OF
q Hudson. with all housings stripped
OF, which attracted much attention
yesterday.
Many self starting devices Of electric
and compressed air and spring types
are shown In operation, and these draw
big crowds. There are numerou6 self
starters using acetylene gas but these.
of course. cannot be permitted TO OPP
crate with their iGniting process. The
self starters interest the women visit
tors particularly.
A novel idea worked out by the
Cadillac company. Its cut-out chassis,
/ instead of being RIM try -c,orrefit FROM
an outside source. IL operated by the
sjuice" supplied BY its own electric
self starting device. which has sum
cient capacity for running tho chassis
for about six hours without replenish-
Ing the storage battery. This same
electric system supplies the lighting
and ignition to the car.
Maternal Association Show.
When the show Of the National As
sociation Of Automobile NanufActur-
sers, IN tsie new arAsfd Centred fal&cs.
opens tomorrow night New Workers
and the Thousands who come hero for
the annual Displays win Be able. tor
the first time In seven years. to exam
Inc during the Same week all the carr
Of importance made IN this country.
Heretofore trade rivalry made this I'M
possible.
Tho show at The Grand Central PAL
acc has for several years been held .
week ahead Of the 0ardan kxhIhitl0h
~ slyc npre o1 Gst<<1sx aysts 4ttsaAAissn
ut tho hands Of the public ana the
press. This year the strenuous rival
~ that has heretofore characterised
the shows 10. missing. Patent suits
have paused into ohltsion and the only-l
reason that two shows are to b hello
Is that NO building In New York h
large enough to accommodate Ill Of