Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-21

/ Wilson company that he will be here
/ Thursday to attend the show.
What's an automobile without gasoline?
And what's an automobile show without
statesmen from the oil companies busily
/ plying their ware? Many such statesmen
haunt the Auditorium these days.
/ Demonstrators of the Hudson machines
and employees Of the Electric garage are
/ interesting features Of the show, for these
demonstrators are Rttired in full dress
suits which lend the show q tone Of
quality.
! e. .. Post. the mechanical expert in
I the service department OF the General
/ Motors Truck company. who Is now at
/ tending the Omaha show. assisting the
/ nrummond Motor company, was formerly
u crack bicycle rider.
W. W. Montgomery, demonstrating the
/ Interstate electric self-starter. says the
/ show is a success already, from his stand
point. for IL has given him the oppor-
tuuity to tell people OF the workings Of
| the machine, as well as to bring him a
large number Of prospective buyers.
| one OF the motorcar aristocrats on ex-
| hibitiun at the show Is the six-cylinder
sixty horse power Peerless. This car Is
a $6,ep0 machine and Is coveted by every
body that sees II. II is attractiveiy
finished in maroon and has all Of the
comfort and convenienCes for motoring
that could be desired.
Monday evenings attendance at the
show. although huge, was composed prin-
cipally Of rubber necks' TO use the auto
lists vernaeular. Yesterday a good many
! people we're settling down TO the serious
thoughts OF buying I'VE expect TO land
| two or three buyers before tomorrow"
said one demonstration yesterday after
noon.
Among the notable visitors OF the auto
mobile show are F. W. Roberts. district
manager Of the Odds Motor company,
with headquarters at Chicago. MIR. Rob-
erts is a former omahau and is very well
known here. Frank c. Harvey. president
OF the Kansas City Polished Products
company is also inspecting the cars on
exhibition.
+ W. Whitney, In charge OF the stan
ley Steamer, REQ the Fifth, and the
stevens Dufyea demonstrations. Is a busy
tracing much attention and requires a
large part OF Mr.. Whitney's time because
OF the questions asked concerning t. and
the REQ Is such an attractive machine
that everybody wants to handle H.
The publishers Of the Motor Car, an
automobile journal Of Kansas City, are
about the only unhappy people In the
place. They had engaged a large space
in which TO display a new-fangled ma
chine used In getting out their magazine,
The machine IL TO he used with direct
electric current. That IN the Auditorium
is alternating current and cannot be made
to work with the machine.
Guy L. Smiths 1872 exhibit is char
acterized by the same elegance and taste
that has been displayed in former years.
Smith always has an array OF beautiful
cars. but this year he has ecllpsed his
former splendor. Other details conform
TO the artistic display OF the cars. Last
night Mr.. Smith and his entire sales or
ganixation were in evening dress, Last.
but not least, was Lewis" In his gray
livery.
A. +, Butler with the Apperson Motor
company, 10 showing the FIRST forty-five
horsepower Jackrabbit that has been seen
In Omaha. The car IL light one. built
along the same general lines as other
Appersons but 1t has an inviting look
and offers q temptation TO the prospective
auto buyer. MI. Butler says that since
the opening OF the show Monday he has
added more than dozen names TO his
list Of prospects"
The Franklin Motor company has one
OF the prettiest aud most conservative
looking touring cars Of any that are
being shown this week. This car Is late
model and IL equipped with every modern
not complicated or overloaded affair.
Another car. the Franklin company Ia
showing u 4 lavender colored touring car,
the very latest model.
rs II. Broadwell. vice president OF the
Hudson Motor Car company. IL In Omaha
attending the show and he says that II
b the best exhibition of auto excellence
that he has ever seen outside OF New
York and Chicago. Tho only reason the
Now York and Chicago shows surpassed
the Omaha exhibition 10 that they were
larger, Mr.. Broadwell IL accompanied by
Richard Cupid Bacon OF Detroit.