The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-09
DETROIT-MADE
PRODUCTSDRAW
EARLY CROWDS
Throngs of Interested People
Block Sidewalks Even Before
Exposition Opens
EXHIBITS IN PLACE
WHEN SHOW STARTS
Night and Day Work on Auto
mobile PaviliOns Makes Them
Ready in Time

The blare Ct the Primrose & Dock.
stader band, at | o'clock Monday al.
ternOon. announced to the business
men and shoppers on Woodward-ave.
that the Made In Detroit exposition
was open.
1t didn't need the band to make the
announcement. Those who thronged
the streets Monday morning. knew 1t
already. For though II had been An
nounced that things would be In readi-
ness for view BY noon, there were
many exhibitors who decided to take
advantage of the full day. Their at
were ready. and In some instances
demonstrators were on hand to see
that the onlookers understood what
was taking place In the show~indow.
These early birds found that that
eager worm, the public. was waiting
to be caught; for every window that
had an exhibit that looked like any
thing but pile of junk had it's inter
ested crowd. Those windows. .espe-
cially. which contained people in the
act Of making cigarste or packing
pickles. or putting shoes together.
gathered semicycles of people who
blocked the sidewalk and caused wide
grins from the traffic officers, who
' foresaw trouble for their brother-po-
licemen on the beats.
II there were any prophets Gf evil
who predicted that, like nearly every
other show known to history or my
thology. the Made in Detroit exposi.
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were forced to admit at noon that as
prophets they were not even SO per
cent pure. and would not be admitted
even In the weather bureau. The au-
tomobile buildings on both sides Of
WoodwsEd-ave 33s,s&r~~e- cA-pssy.nAe.
on whry .ss9s pse.s ~ A..-gs
= 1eremiads. were ready for occupancy
early tdonday morning. and by noon
every car was In place. and the whole
exhibit was spick and span Hundreds
Of people loitered on the sidewalks.
gazing at the glossy 1914 models that
were In plain view: others pulled
aside the awnings that protected tl,e
new cars from the morning sun and
inspected the automobiles that had
been placed In position. The exhibit
was notable for its perfect taste and
Tor Ito conspicuous cleanliness. There
was not a speck on the beautifully
polished enamel Of the cars. Their
Drasswork shone with brilliance that
II can never again achieve without
hours OF labor. The Made In De
troit" tires were bright and gray and
unsoiled. The metalled floor OF the
booths showed no drippings of oil.
The exhibit compelled admiration for
Its order and itB beauty.
There we're l5 automobiles. the
products OF % makers, In the pavYl-
ions. There was every kim of car.
from the runabtut through the tour
Ing car 10 the portly limousine. and
from the small truck which is used
for parcel delivery. to the heavy one
that carries coal
A. II. Zenner. directorchairman OF
the exposition. was vastly pleased
when he saw how complete the show
was for It's opening.
I'm glad for the sun shine we're
having for the first day." he said
The committee feels grateful to the
merchants of Detroit. 1t sees that
it, efforts have been reclprocated. We
want the merchants who have given
their windows to know that the Board
OF Commerce appreciates their liberal.
ity. 1t means great deal when a
merchant will give w a show-window
worth perhaps $1,000 a week In adver.
Using just to let people see what
his neighbors are doing. 1t means
that such a merchant has civic pride.
It's wonderful to see a jewelry store
give Its windows to q meat exhibit,
q hardware store show perfumes, and
. drug store exhibit jewelry.
'Detroit's progress as 4 city of ma.
chinery was shown graphically. Ma.
chimes dominated the window display.
In caterers window the crowds saw
electrical furnaces, of which they had
often read, but which many of them
had never seen.
II thought they were great big
things.3 one interested woman com.
mented as she looked at the snail
brown ovens. She was getting o lib
eral education In q field which she
had had no opportunity to investigate.
There were shoe-making machines
IN one store window, and men to op-
crate them. and II was almost impos.
sible to get close to this window, so
deeply interested were the spectators,
and 70 bent on seeing every operation.
We're 3 mechanical town, there's no
doubt about 1t. and every wheel that
turns has . fascination, every belt a
drawing power, every punch punch.
20 our Misunderstanding population.
Store after store gave evidence OF
the cigar-making industry. In almost
every block there Ii q window given
over to showing the process max.
ing cigars, or containing artistic expo.
sitions of the finished product. The
places where men and girls were at
work gained the most attention. They
performed their tasks unconcernedly.
and appeared to take no notice Of the
crowds pressing against the glass.
Stoves, paint. salt-these We'd with
cigars and automobiles In the inter-
est of the crowd. One concern adver-
tised that It's product OF salt for one
year would load train 20 miles long.
Many Of the windows contained cards
bearing startling statistics-hgures to
make the thoughtful enter q trance,
a. they endeavored to take In by cal
culation. the amount and value of the
city's trade.
"One of the unique MADE in De-
troit" exhibits was that Of an art
store, whose windows were devoted
to Z collection of pictures by Detroit
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