The Detroit times., 1912-01-26
SOCIETY NIGHT AT AUTO
SHOW DRAWS THOUSANDS
TO THE WAYNE GARDENS
All Records For This Event Are
Broken BY Last Nights
Attendance
MANY COME IN AUTOS
Exhibitors Will Steal Away Sat
urday Night, After Exhibit,
For Chicago

ever existed in the most pessimistic
mind, were swept away and as en-
thusiasm exists always in numbers.
there was plenty of that commodity
last night Nothing like this banner
evening was ever known before in De-
troit and no National show ever
brought together more representa-
tive class OF people from any city
Men In evening dress, women IN
their best. We'd with each other IN
good-natured tolerance of the crush
ing which had TO be with the people
crowding into the building from two
entrances. And even with these two
entrances the people lined up away
around into Jefferson-ave, while au.
tonobiles lined Third-st., and around
into Jefferson-ave. for blocks.
In Detroit people come to motor
car exhibitions in automobiles but in
New York, the lowly horse so thor
oughly discredited here, Is not nov
city in landing people at the front
doors OF motor car exhibits. Last
night apparently half the people in
attendance used their cars and the
police estimated the line at about l.
0G0 cars From the last car to the
doorn was a long walk, but 1t could
not be helped.
As on former nights the crowd
walked in and out OF the exhibits
and mingled in the aisles until from
the stage could be seen one great
sea OF faces. Ii was a scene worthy
of New York and the Broadway mob
and II was a credit TO Detroit also.
There was nothing more needed Tor
the week TO make the greatest local
show OF history all of the success 1t
NaA IN "a m o.
ports and while tonight and Saturday
will probably be successful and see
record crowds, Friday generally being
the best OF the week. the show might
have closed its doors last night and
Il would then have been a greater
success from a business standpoint
and from the point OF attendance
than was last year.
Nor was the evening the only time
when the show was crowded for the
morning and afternoon saw crowds
larger than ever before at these ses-
sions.
AS indicating the interest taken
from far-off points in the Detroit
show there is OH record the names
OF automobile agents from the City
OF Mexico, British Columbia, Winni-
peg Auckland, n. H., Toronto and
from all of the large cities OF the
east all of whom arranged their Trips
to-take in Detroit during the local
show. The Clarke-Carter Co. OF
Lansing, Mich, sold ten cars to the
Auckland agent and every other
agen; was a purchaser as that was
the reason OF their coming 10 Detroit.
Michigan state agents Of every
maker in the country attended the
local exhibit i'm preference TO going
10 the National shows and while in
Detroit transacted business, either
taking new agencies or increasing al
lotments OF cars Every maker used
the tickets. provided for trade peo-
ule and the sale OF these trade tickets
exceeded that of last year by over
Eve 70 one not less than 10000 being
pure hased during the first four days
80 the week This is record or
w.,th the y. A. ID. A, is Justly proud,
fo~ no such record was ever made
before and il is doubtful whether the
New York National shows had bet
ter.
Like the Arabs in the night the
exhibitors at Detroit will pack their
goods and steal away Friday ana
Saturday night to be seen next at
the Chicago National show at the Col
ory for every one that can get away
from business makes this trip yearly.
The exodus will number thousands
from Detroit alone. The exhibitors
will have lot OF rush work to do
SATURDAY. night. The entire Hudson
and Everitt exhibits will have 10 be
taken down off the stage and that
end will be removed. Then car after
car will be sent down the shoots ana
hastcned to the express company for
shipment at four o'clock, Sunday
morning TO Chicago. reaching there
at noon to be Installed one day later
at the Coliseum.
- rhey found a sleeper in the show.
Wonders, some say, but IL is a fact.
lie was a great big Canadian in hand
some furs from cap TO boots and he
climbed into the comfortable tonneau
of a big standardization car, in the
booth of the Neumann-Lane CO. and
went sound asleep. The attendants
allowed him to sleep using the gen.
,leman to demonstrate that the ton
neau must be comfortable from the
easy POSITION he occupied. But when
the visitor, on awakening, was
promptly presented with a bill for
"a for rent, the regular price for tour
icke. The incident was the laugh of
the show for an hour or more. Thus
far this Is the only sleeper found at
the show, for everyone at the motor
car show is wide awake TO the min
ite and buster than he ever was be-
fore with the record-breaking crowds
present.
Sam Miles, manager of the Chicago
automobile show and Bob" Davis.
manager OF the United Motors Detroit
Company, had a wordy war by tele-
gram, Thursday. in which the Chicago
manager admitted defeat. II was his
demand that all exhibits in Detroit
Intended for the National Show at
Chicago, which opens Thursday night,
should be shipped from Detroit. FRI
day night. Now there are a number
5 of important exhibits Of cars, cut-out
GLASSES. selfstarting engines and tro.
phiee, which are to go from Detroit
TO Chicago and many of these are on
the cafe floor of the Gardens. These
ears may only be removed by tearing
out the stage at the right side where
tie ttndson and Everitt exhibits are
located. Mr.. Davis sent an impera-
i've reply TO Mr. Miles demanding
that the order be rescinded as TO
carry Il out would break OF the most
a. a