The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-23

Richmond's first automobile show
came to an end last night In what +
may be well termed q blaze Of glory.
1t was grand celebration. and ceie-
brations are always associated with
the glory Of bright lights bunting and
the bewildering blare of the noise that
arises from concourse of people,
especially when bands are playing and
automobile sirens shrek and whoop.
There was no band at the auto
show, but there was an orchestra that
outplayed any band ever heard in
Richmond. And then there were the
cabaret players in a farewell concert.
Such a concert!
Everyone of the artists was at his
and her-best, and they fairly OUT
did all their previous efforts
From early afternoon when the
celebration began to o o'clock at
night, the celebration went on. Mayor
Ainslie was one of the early callers
and he expressed himself as delighted
with the success of the show.
Mayor AinsIie Talks.
Mayor AinsIie says:
THE men who have made this au-
tomobile show possible said the
mayor. ARE deserving of the thanks
of the community. They undertook
10 give Richmond something new, and
they have established a standard that
will be difficult to maintain. The
show has been educational as, well as
interesting. and / am delighted with
the manner in which ii has been con-
Quoted. The people, ! am pleased to
notice. have turned out and supported
f. royalty. It has been deserving ut 4
their patronage. The entertainment
provtded-especially the music and
the vaudeville performances - has
been excellent. and altogether, ! am
glad to say, the Richmond automo-
bile show has been an event Of which
the community may we'll feel proud"
The mayor also paid a tribute to
the officers of the Automobile Deal
ers Show association, and the latter
were not slow in diSciaiming all
credit. They gave the newspapers
the major part Of the honor OF build
Ing up the show, and at meeting
of the board of directors all the news
papers and the newspaper men were
given a formal but none the less corr
dial. vote of thanks for their co-oper-
alton.
President Foster Talks.
Said President L. NJ. Foster. we
certainly feel proud eft the way our
first automobile show has been re-
ceiyed We did our best to provide
something entertaining, and the news
papers did the rest"
Chairman b. A. Bienner. of the
show committee, was equally en-
phatic: We had to give the peo-
pie here something besides automo-
biles," he said THAT is why We
got the cabaret players. They GER
tainly have proved themselves artists,
and the orchestra that Professor Stein
provided is unauestionabiy the best
ever heard in Richmond. outside the
big Philharmonic and the Metropolis
tan opera house orchestras, am
glad to say the show has been sue
cess, and I wish 10 pay a fitting trl-
butte to Manager Hutchinson.
Everybody who has attended the
show has commented upon the wof1-
derful decorations Well, they are 4
the most gorgeous ever attempted IN
a thing of this sort. They are far
ahead of the New York show. Just
take the average decorative scheme q
and you will find that flags and burlt-
ing of the national colors are the
main features. There is not a sign
of red, white and blue about the place
and you cannot find a single flag.
Tribute to Mr.. Hutchinson.
The decorations are after ideas OF
Mr. Hutchinson, carried out by Mr..
Sidewitz and think they are the most 4
artistic I have ever seen.
THE show has been a success and
personally wish to thank the news
papers for their efforts. We gave ti1en1
something to write about, II was writ.
ten and the public came. That Is all
there Is to it,
Manager Thomas b. Hufchison
said: Il am satisfied and / trust every
one else is Ii has been success
full show both artistically and finan-
ciaIly. IL it hadn't been for the
newspapers 1t probably would not
have been such a hug success. They
did wonders. They did for Richmond
in one year what New York took ten
years to learn. that an automobile 4
show is the most interesting enter
tainment, from spectacular as we'll K
as an educational point of view, that
can be~offered the public.
So 1t appears to be unanimous.
Festi, tiles at Hotel. K
The crowd last night certainly enc
joyed itself and made the most OF the 4.
time spent there. for the show closed
early. 1t appears that there were
some festivities on at the Richmond
| hotel. where the cabaret players ar0 &
stopping and the exhibitors wished 10 &
get away quickly D
At the banquet at the Richmond
Miss Rue Brown, the leading wof1aS1$
of the cabaret company, was pre-
scented with gold bracelet. and wrist
watch u beautiful little gift from her
friends among the exhibitors. Miss
Brown, it appears. qnife won the fa-M
vor of all Mt the show by her Charms
ing personality and modest denaean0r2
Her mother. who chaperoned the cabs
aret girls ait the banquet last niGAE
was delighted at the tribute tn h4S
daughter and vowed Richmond W1&4
the most delightful place she had axx3&
seen So did Miss Brown and h0E]
declared they would never. MArSx
never forget their first visit here oSk&
the accession of the first annual 8u&&&
association. Il III
All sang Goodbye. Everybody n 41I
they sang it as II they meant II.
| So with a feast, and H proper G&1N8
hratiOn the show came IL an &yt2s III
mobile Dealers Show as4oc iA TIM S
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