The Detroit times., 1912-01-22
DETROIT AUTO SHOW OPENS
I WITH TWO EXHIBITORS FOR
EVERY ONE OF LAST YEAR
Big Night Tonight For Local
Automobile Circles at
Wayne Gardens
is LEADING LOCAL SHOW
May Result in a National Elk
hibit Being Given Here
in the Future
S LEADING LOCAL SHOW
RY r. Ed sPooNER.


This 10 the night of nights in auto
mobile circles of this city, for the
Eleventh annual automobile show oil
NE Detroit Automobile Dealers as
ISOLATION oens at the Wayne Gardens
and the large new Annex. los feet
BY 165 feet In size. with no less than
one hundred lines of cars and acces-
sOries on exhibition. This Is double
The number of exhibitors OF last year
and one-half again as much space Is
occupied Every car manufactured In
Detroit or handled in this city or
likely to be handled will be seen and,
owing to the shortage OF space. the
makers will show only their leading
and best models. The accessory ex-
hibition will be a feature this year,
OF which Manager Walter Wilmot and
the ID. A. ID. A. Committee feel proud.
Owing to the number of exhibitors
and the increased floor space, the De
troit show this year assumes the lead
In the field of local shows of the coun-
try, a fact which has brought the at
tention OF all makers to Detroit as
the logical location for one National
show IN the future when the city shah
have constructed suitable building.
When the doors are opened TO the
public tonight there will be revealed
a building decorated as no other
building has ever been decorated for
an automobile show Wayne Gardens
present an artistic picture in pink and
baby blue on white airbruchier, a
crinkly paper mounted on canvas and
FIRE proofed Imported beach leaves
are literally used covering the string
ers and the fountain in the center is
banked literally with ferns and natur-
az flowers.
The floor Is covered with green den-
ham and in the center OF the great
hall is a wheel twenty feet in diam
eter and heavily embossed, lights be-
hind bringing this out TO the very
best advantage At the upper end OF
the hall, above the stage OH which
are automobile dlspiays. is another
large wheel. Hanging baskets of
flowers are suspended on all sides and
great groups of frosted lights are
Eung at frequent intervals
Every inch Of space in the great
hall is lighted literally and will be
soi'nd as light as day, for Manager
Ni.mot has not spared in the light
ins Of the building and may we'll be
nccused of conducting an electric ex-
III. Over eight thousand small globes,
in white and green, are used to bring
out The Tiffany effect of the decora-
lions. The airbruchier effect is brought
about by air-brush work in blue and
pink on the white crinkled paper and
is extremely pretty.
The management did not realize at
the outset that il would be necessary
10 construct an annex at immense cost
to take care of the applicants and so
the Detroit show, unlike the Nation
N shows, will not have the various
types of cars, pleasure, commercial
and electric and also trucks grouped
as is done at New York, Chicago and
Boston.
Detroit's show will be typical of the
present condition of the American au-
fomobile industry. While the cars will
not be as numerous at Detroit as at
the National shows. the makers will
show their very best and in many in
stances new designs, while many flu
lure makers will have exhibits which
will attract attention and draw to the
city many hundreds of agents from all
over the world, who are always look
ing for good things in the field OF
new things. Every predominant me-
chanical idea now existing in the art
OF automobile building is represented
Mt Detroit, In a worthy and workman
Hike way Like all other shows of the
season. the four-cylinder type Of en-
CINE prevails. Ii must not be inferred
from this that the six-cylinder type
is lacking, for there are number
OF these and all very successful; but
a majority of the cars are of the four
cylinder variety. As regards body
.construction. the inclosed cars shown
are superb in equipment and comforts
and in the attention paid to the re-
iinement of details. The same thing
may be said for the open cars OF the
silow. These are as usual with every
show the predominant feature. Many
of the makers display chassis and
some have working models. The sell
Ing end at the coming show, accord
Ing TO local dealers and manufacture
ere. promises to be a leading feature,
as hundreds have held of buying I'M
til the show.
And after all one may shop and
shop for months and never gain as
comprehensive a view of the automo-
biles OF the country as at great au-
tomobile show. such as the Detroit
show will be. Al the show may be