New-York tribune., 1912-01-12
HEAVY SALES AT SHOW
Auto Manufacturers Report a
FIouriShing Business.
PREVIOUS RECORDS BROKEN
Second Society Day Brings Out
Crowds in Ever Increas-
ing Numbers.

According TO many Of the five hundred
""o eNhInitors OF motor cars and accesso-
res az the automobile show in Madison
square Garden, no previous exhibition has
been as busy as the one now in progress.
''reat crowds are not only thronging into
inc Garoen. hut arc actually buying cars
IN unprecedented fashion. number Of ex-
hibitors declare they have sold more cars
during the last four days of the show than
in any entire week of previous seasons
Yesterday was the second Society dev."
and although the admission was raised TO
81 the crowd was greater than on either of
the 5O-cent days. For the rest of the show
there will be only one admission price
charged-a half dollar To-day will be
Army and Navy Day" and many of the
foremost men in command of Uncle Sans
fighters are expected to attend
Prominent members of society were pres
ent yesterday. besides many other well
known persons The Cartercar Company
reported that William Jennings Bryan, who
was conspicuous figure at the Garden
Yesterday and the previous day, purchased
one Of that cOmpanys friction drive ma
chimes. II Is Of the coupe type.
The Countess Won Hostein. who now re-
sides In Philadelphia, made the trip TO
New York especially TO visit the Garden
show, and after looking about the amphi-
theatre stepped into the exhibition hall and
placed her order for a J0-horsepower Sim
pick tourabout. 1t is the first American
made car she has ever owned. w. d. Lam
bert, of st. Louis. and W. d. Douglas of
Minneapolis, bought 3S-horsepower touring
cars. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, of San Fran
cisco, purchased a siX-cylinder Locomobile
touring car. Another car Of the same type
was sold to Julius Fleischman, a brother
OF the African game hunter.
Carl r. Paige reports TO date twenty-five
retail sales I'm the Chalmers booth Among
these sales are three of the new six" mod
els. The skies" were sold to liz. Roth, Of
New York: L. C. Elder Of Orange and
Charles Schneider, of The Bronx.
We have secured the names OF more
real buyers at this show than at any other"
declared Mr. Paige
Colonel George Pope, chairman of the
show committee, returned yesterday from
his birthday Celebrati ton at Hartford. where
he resides bringing with him his two grand
children George Pope Gillette and Howard
Gillette, ir. The youngsters were interested
in the automobiles and walked about with
their grandfather. discussing various points
about cars like veteran manufacturers.
Tomorrow night will see the curtain rung
down on the part one period of the show.
As soon as this closes the pleasure cars
will be removed. and by Monday afternoon
q feet Of commercial vehicles will be loaded
into the Garden. This exhibit will continue
until Saturday, January 20.
While racing drivers may not he as popu-
lar as matinee idols, nevertheless it is truly
surrrising what favorites some Of the we'll
known drivers are. Ralph Mulford at tho
I.ozer booth. has 10 answer any number of
questions daily regarding how he won the
last Vanderbilt Cup race. Louis Disbrow'
at the Case booth also draws a big follow
ing He has Just completed new special
2o0-horsepower racer with decidedly radical
lines. and several new Case racers are in
course Of construction. Disbrow has to tell
enthusiasts all about them every day
Hughie Hughes. at the Mercer display,
has 10 reply TO queries about the car with
which he made such remarkable showings
IN the 20o-cubic inch class and heavier
events during the season. Nell Whalen ana
Charles Basle are at the Matheson oooth'
Frank Witt at the Flanders inclosure, Bur
man drifts around the show Matson Is al
The Disco self-starter booth and Garry
Grant who has forsaken racing for wh''e'
is selling Mondex shock preventers.
Among the accessory exhibits there are
many really pretty displays. particularly
those Of ignition devices. Sparkling
nechanisms shooting blue sparks with
cracking noises; new lighting systems
etc. make great numbers of people pause
as they pass these booths In the concert
hall there is particularly pretty piece OF
mechamsm-the General Electric Com
psny's mercury arc rectifer. 1t radiates
p violet colored light which is highly at
tractiye In the basement. as well as the
galleries, there are many pleasing novel
ties The Aristos company has minia-
tire automobile body equipped with its
new automatic electric lighting system
which operates from the dash by the turn
Of switch Tiny colored bulbs represent
the regular lamps on a full-sized car.
Mrs. Egerton Winthrop, jr.. spent three
hours al the show in the afternoon. Mrs
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