The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
MANY new TYPES
AT MOTOR SHOW
Exhibit Of Washington Auto
mobile Dealers Association
to Present Surprises.
PLANS BEARING FRUIT
One Of the Features Of the Display at
.. Conventic. Hall VIII Be
Accessories.
PLANS BEARING FRUIT

The coming exhibit OF the Washington
Automobile Dealers Association, to be
held in Convention Hall the week of
January 9, will prove a revelation to mo-
torcar lovers when the doors are thrown
open to the public on the opening night.
The management OF the show has a
poets to spring. and to say that the resi-
dents of the National Capital will be
surprised is to put it mildly.
committee representing the associa-
ton will visit the New York show, which
is to be held in Grand Central Palace
January 3 to-I0 and will complete ar
rangements for the transferring OF sew
eral of the exhibits from that show to
the one to be held here.
Like the cars already scheduled to be
shown here by the local dealers, they
will reveal a number of features which
have not yet been shown to the public,
while in the accessory section of the
show there will be many improvements
and inventions of entirely new design.
The accessory display will be the larg-
est ever presented at any annual exhibit
in this city. and will be interesting, not
only to the average automobile owner,
but to the prospective purchaser as we'll
Technical experts and local automobile
dealers will be equa1ly interested in this
part of the show.
Many Changes TO BE Seen.
Lieut. William II. Santlemann. leader
of the United States Marine Band. short
ly will prepare his program OF the con-
certs to be rendered every afternoon and
evening by his band. The music last
year proved one of the features Of the
exhibition and undoubtedly will prove a
big drawing card again this year. Lieut.
Santlemann personally will direct his
men at each of the concerts.
While the improvements in cars are
not quito as radicafSas they were a year
ago, owing to the fact that the industry
has become standardized to a large ex-
tent, still many minor changes have
been made in motorcar construction
since last season, which are important
ones-polnts that the prospective pur-
chaser of an automobile should know OF.
One Of the most striking features which
will attract attention is the general adop-
ton by many of the manufacturers OF
the wire wheel. Last year few OF the
makers equipped their machines with
this type OF wheel. but this year will
find more on exhibition than ever before.
Beauty First Attribute.
It has often been said that there are
fashions in motorcars the same as In
other matters Of human interest. styles
come and go and as a result people like
this feature one year and that another.
With most of the cars to be seen at this
years show you merely press a button
to light your front, side, tail or dash
lights The electric self-starting system,
for convenience's sake, Is the accepted
vogue Of the more advanced cars at the
show. It is no longer proper to crank a
motor.
The present-6ay motorcar style is
beauty. The cars for the coming year
will be found to be more beautiful than
any year in the history Of the gasoline
car. Cars to be popular must be beauti-
full. This is probably because the woman
of the family in perhaps half Of the pur-
chases makes the final decision. The
husband narrows the choice down to a
few cars and then the wife Is called upon
to make the final selection. Her decision
is often made, first on beauty, then on
comfort and the easy riding qualities Of
the tonneau.
Thursday, January -, will be known as
Society Night" on which occasion the
fashionable and smart set usually make
their inspection of the show. The price
of admission will be doubled that evening
character. The posters and window cards
for the show have been ordered and will
shortly be distributed about town. They
are Of neat design and attractive in ap-
pearance.