Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
AUTO
SHOW OPEN
TODAY
Greatest Exhibition of New Model
Cars to Draw Thousands to
Atlanta.

Atlanta's Great Southern Automc-
bile Show is in readiness to open Sat
urday night in a blaze of light and
beauty. Never in all its history has
the Auditorium been so gorgeously
declSed out and illumined Never has
the South been privileged to look
upon 80 complete a range of motor
cars so early in the season.
No one can be ignorant of the Au-
tomobile Show. The streets Satur-
day were gay with banners and flags,
The merchants responded to the re-
quest of the committee that they deco
rate their stores. Red and white
bunting trailed down from poles on
each side of the street The Stars
and Stripes were draped on wires
stretched across the street. Above the
middle Of the street hung printed
pdHHeLS piOSIhAAAAbS THO HutOi'AObiiS
Show.
Automobiles that are the last word
in construction and equipment al
ready are in place on the spacious
floor OF the Auditorium awaiting the
crowds that will throng the building
during the weeks exhibition.
In the evenings the great show will
take on the semblanUe OF a social af-
fair. Boxes around the large Audi
forum have been subscribed for
throughout the exhibition by families
prominent socially In Atlanta. The
atmosphere of brilliant function will
be intensified by the playing of one of
the most noted of musical organiza
lions, John Philip Sousa's Band, whose
programs will begin Tuesday after
noon.
Appeal Made to Women.
An especial appeal is being made to
the women by the exhibitors. The
canny statesmen appear to have gained
the onviction-possibly through be-
ing married men themselves-that
though it may be the man who has
possession Of the family eXchequer
it is the woman who holds the key.
What woman would not be attracted
by a graceful and Respondent car
whose exclusive upholsteries may be
designed to match her latest gown
That Is exactly what several Of the
exhibitors are Offering down at the
Automobile Show.
And one of the statesmen Dreathed IN
the ear OF a reporter Saturday thai
Poiret. the man who originated the
minaret gown, had been specially en-
gagged by his firm to harmonic the
fittings and trappings of the luxuri-
Gus car they make to the gowns OF
the women whose husbands are in
weighed into buying The reporter
nodded his belief in the story anc
forthwith resolved to warn his fellow
men Of the danger that lay in wal
II they were so foolish as to stray into
the maze of shining automobiles with
their wives.
This is not all. The car Is fitted
with mirrors and complete toilet &C
cessories. What milady left undone II
her boudoir she may complete in hei
town car, not a negligible advantage
when one Is late for the opera d
theater
The decorations ~ the great hal
form distinctive and very beautiful
feature of this years show Thirteei
thousand yards OF blue and whit
bunting have been used by v w
Shepherd in completely hiding Oh
ceiling and walls Of the building
Three hundred thousand feet Of whit
lattice work, through which SIMILAR
and artificial poppies are twined' adj
a most delightful effect. Sixty so
pound cases OF southern wild smila!
! were required in this.