Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

lanta S tdlreSC society women an(
opening night suspicious and one
Iong to be remembered.
Brilliant lights and hundreds
Of them, the handsOmest decora-
tons yet attempted in this part
Of the country, a beautiful line of
the latest models in automobiles,
and a generous number of Allan
ta's fairest society women and
girlS-all combined to make the
opening night suspicious and one
long to be remembered.
The streets all day long had been
gay with flags and bunting Banners
with printed legends telling of Dixie's
pre- eminent show had been viewed by
he throngs in the city for the Au-
burn Tech football game. Merchants
responded loyalty to the request Of the
show committee that they decorate
heir stores. The exhibition started
IF with a vim and enthusiasm that
made certain it's success.
Women Interested.
Women were just as much inter-
asted In getting a peep at the first
showing OF 1914 models as the men
and, by the way, Atlanta was one OF
the first cities to see the new cars,
the big exhibitions in New York and
Chicago being set for later in the
year 1t was apparent that the fairer
sex, following an inherent tendency
hat they have, are going to make
something of a social event out OF
The show. With attractively gowned
maids and matrozis IN the boxes, 1t
did not require much of stretch of
The imagination for one to fancy he
vas at the opera or theater.
The crowds divided their attention
between the latest things in automo-
3iles and the magnificent decorations
which were the work Of V. w. Shep-
herd, an Albanian. Thirteen thousand
Yards Of blue ana white bunting,
100000 feet of white lattice work and
50 50-pOund cases of Southern wild
smllaX were used by Mr.. Shepherd in
his work
King Automobile Supreme.
Charles Sheldon, Well-known or
ganist, rendered a number of beau
aful selections. He will play again
Monday afternoon and night. Sousas
5and will start Tuesday matinee.
Truly, King Automobile never
appeared to better advantage than he
dld in this, the fourth attempt of
me automobile and accessory men of
Atlanta to display the best and latest
mere Is in things that travel on
wheels and by their own motive
power. There was furnished one Of
lae most striking studies in contrast,
IN the evolution that the mammal e
EA1NNIa h4C M, - yt,1 In
Tine when King Solomon pulled his
s.oW-mOving oXcart out of the mud.
True, the early vehicle was not there
as q living example Of what used to
De- But it was there in the magma
-oA OF all who looked on the spec
Eac,e Of vehicles de luxe, with every
luxury except sleeping porches and
bathrooms.
Many soul stirring scenes beggar
description, and never get 1t ade-
qlately. So with the scene in which
resident Woodrow Wilson was
'Aeered an hour or more after mis-
domination at Baltimore. So with
me scene in which the steamship
tltantic went down with her hun
4feds Of hero souls. So with the
concentrations given the polar ex-
s'orers-genuine and sham-whO re-
ANAA AliFlI BULGE u 10 Y us
discovered the North Pole. So like
Wise with the Great Southern Auto
mobile Show, which it is beyond the
power Of d Shakespeare with his
tAJl0 words to describe.
Simple Description Necessary.
automobile men are writing in
,AeSe leisurely Sunday hours to their
A1iories, trying to describe what was
resented on the first night. 1t is "A
2lgger task than selling a car to a
North Carolina mountaineer. In other
words. it can't be done-that is, not
III way that Dies half justice.
Let us try brief and sensible de-
-sfption, that shall be at once just
ana possible, even at the risk Of be
ing called commonplace:
The decorations were beautiful.
lAe cars were beautiful.
me women We're beautiful.
The dealers were-polite and on the
Top ard--
the accessories were-very spick-