The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16
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NSoh1huSu pfoM EAEoI rage
here for keeps, not as a luxury. but
as positive necessity. What the
runabout and roadster havo done for
wagon have done for the merchant
and manufacturer. No longer are au-
tomobiles looked at askance. They
are a recognized twentieth century
product for twentieth century people.
Wonderful Growth We're.
Nowhere Is the growth II the In
dustry better illustrated than in Vir-
ginia. When the law was first passed
requiring that all automobiles be
whole State. That was in 1907. To-
: day. just six years later. there are in
the State OF Virginia $3.50 licensed
automobiles OF this number 1850 are
owned in Richmond. This means that
In the city of Richmond alone some
5000 people have a direct interest in
automobiles. Can there be question
as to the success of the local show In
the face of this evidence?
The present automobile show was
not born over night For several years
the dealers have, been discussing the
advisabfltty of having such an exhibit
ton. But the time had not arrived
Now 1T is here. Interest is keen and
alive. Richmond, like other cities Of
knowledge that the automobile must
be considered a permanent need. Rich
mond's merchants and doctors and law
yers-men of every type-have become
converted to the automobile idea. SEQ
ing this. the dealers OF Richmond de-
termined that in 1913 show should
be held. With that idea In mind. they
bent their energies to mako tho show
q success. They have succeeded, and
the visitors to the exhibition will
be given the benefit OF their hard
work.
Real Garden Scene.
Entering the Horse Show Building.
the patron of the show. will be con-
Quoted into a veritable fairyland. An
Oriental garden, banked high with
smilax and cedar. the whole lying upon
background OF yellow and gold, with
hundreds Of lights spreading their glow
upon the scene, and Japanese draperies
deftly swung between pillars. which
lend themselves to the general scheme
most obligingly. spreads before the
visitor. bordering tho aisle will be
found the exhibits, while upon specially
built stands will be found and heard
the entertainers-the special entertain
ers in the nature of superb orchestra
and Vess Ossman's cabaret performers.
In all there will be thirty exhibitors,
displaying sixty-eight varieties of
pleasure cars and seven trucks. Four
teen thousand square feet of floor space
will be used in displaying tho cars.
There will be everything in the au-.
tomobile line which the year 1913 has
produced. ranging In price from tho
modest runabout at $500 to tho costly
and highly decorative touring car cost
Ing $3.50. Accessories OF all kinds
will be displayed in most alluring fash
ion. and there will he some one pres
ent to tell about each and every thing
offered. What to wear while motoring
for both men and women may be seen
and inspected. And while all OF these
Inspection tours are going on there
Will be music and other advertisements
for those who would have their minds
taken from the motor world for a few
minutes.>
Can't Tell 1t All.
But the cold keys OF 81 typewriter
will never fell OF the glory and gran
deur and beauty within the Horse Show
Building. We were given II glimpse
yesterday-just glimpse. We would
have fingered but that r waiting popu-
lace was anxious to see in bold type
what was actually to be offered. 1t
is such short jump from the days
when autos were not to the present,
when they are everywhere, that a firm
hand on the lever is necessary to pre-
vent hysterlcal outbursts. Lean purses
may indulge in an orgy of sour grapes.
travellers I'm the rut3 OF yesterday may
turn skyward a naughty nose, but we
plodders of to-day, we ordinary indi-
viduals who must work and live and
be in the age as 1t is, will foster
keen liking for the odor OF gasolene
The horseless buggy is with us. no
longer in It's incomplete and insecure
state, but actually and livingly part
and parcel OF our everyday existence.
Feeding upon a popular cruel of dis
approval, the motor car has grown In
spite OF the attempt to stunt 1T
Sweeping aside this popular disap-
prevail; treading down century old ira
ditiona wound up In King Horse CIV
ing the lie to unsupported indictments
OF its encroachment upon tho we'll
being OF man: placating the timorous
by actual demonstrations OF it's utility
and Its adaptability to the will of
man, the gas steed is travelling upon
fair and unobstructed highway into
the marts OF our populous centres, and
even into the homes OF that great
suburban population, which was It's
first and most lasting great enemy.
Therefore the first Richmond auto
mobile show. Richmond has not an
ticipated any popular demand; 1t has