The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
AUTO Carnival
HAS CLOSINGDAY
Event Inaugurated by WASH
ington Statesmen Termi-
mated Last Night.
MANY CARS ARE SOLD
Chairman and Treasurer Are Highly
Pleased and Say Carnival will
Become an Annual Event.

Last but not least was yesterday the
closing day of the National Capital q
first automobile carnival The warmer
weather combined with the knowledge
that IL was the last chance to see every
thing at its best brought the bugs out
in great numbers. The various sales
rooms were thronged with motorists long
after the usual locking up time and ii
was near midnight before the last of
visitors had left many OF the showrooms.
Yesterday was the banner DAY so far
as attendance was concerned. The vari-
Gus dealers Were kept busy from early
morning until late last night in explain
ing the merits of their cars. Although
yesterday was the last day of the car
nIval the various salesrooms were as
beautiful few minutes before closing
time as they were when the doors were
thrown open Monday night. Fresh flow
ers. and a finishing touch here and there
We're evidences OF the pride the dealers
took in making the carnival a success
That the carnival has been an uncuali-
fed success and has given the motor
car business in this city a decided i'm
petus was the unanimous verdict last
night of the sixteen dealers participat-
ing in il and OF the thousands of en-
thusiasts who visited the salesrooms dur
ing the week. There is not the slightest
uOuDI tFat lile experiment OF keeping
open house has proven a popular one.
both with the dealers and those inter-
ested in automobiles.
a larger and more elaborate carnival
next year is the slogan OF the dealers,
who have participated in the first car
nival. Already plans are being formed
TO make the second carnival the great
est automobile event ever held in the
National Capital
ITO say that l am pleased with carnival
week is putting il mildly said Col. c.
W. Long. chairman of the carnival COM
mittee. 1T served to bring out many
prospective buyers and has put the deal
ers in touch with hundreds who will pur-
chase cars before the summer months roll
around"
Joseph NJ. Stoddard. treasurer of the
carnival, was even more enthusiastic in
his statement of the carnival MIR. Stod-
dard said: This plan of keeping open
house is about the best scheme know OF.
We have sold six cars this week. and are
on the point Of closing several more deals.
1t was through the carnival that these
customers were brought to the store"
Other dealers were equally as enthusi-
astic about the carnival. and unhesitat-
ingly expressed their willingness to par
ticipate in another carnival next year
One of the innovations OF the carnival
which proved a decided feature. and
which found great favor with the pros
pective buyers who visited the sales
rooms. was the special automobile serv-
ice maintained by the dealers to carry
them from one salesroom to another, in
order that they might have the oppor-
tunity to inspect all the cars.
Nothing but the highest praise for the
management and beauty of displays was
heard on all sides. That the carnival
was popular was evidenced by the
throngs which filled the salesrooms every
night during the week. The first car
nival marks the beginning OF a new
epoch in the automobile history OF the
city, and 1t is safe to predict that the
automobile Carnival will in future years
become an annual event and one looked
forward to by the motorists OF the city.