The Washington times., 1913-02-08

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various saiesrooms into bowers Of
beauty for the occasion Throughout
the week they win Keep "open house.
and viii entertain lavishly.
In order to expedite visitors. each
dealer participating In the carnival will
have . sufficient number of machines
on duty at all times to convey visitors
from saiesroom to salesroom. This
promises to be one Of the most inter-
estins features of carnival week. Every
dealer will have a complete line Of
models of the machines he represents.
with capable statesmen to explain their
merits. Some will have cut-out chasses
operated by electric motors in order to
afford visitors a clear idea OF the
mechanism Of the machine II is aimed
to have each salesroom an automobile
show In itself. thus affording pros
pective buyers an excellent opportunity
Of studying the machines from differ
ent angles. After going the rounds OF
the various salesroonis no motorist or
prospective moiorist viii have any rea-
son 70 say he has not had an oppor-
tunity to see the latest and best In
automobile construction under pleasing
auspices.
Parade Monday Afternoon.
The big feature Of carnival week will
be the automobile parade on Ionday
afternoon. g. A. Luttreii is chairman of
the parade COMMITTEES. and he will also
act as grand marshal, his aides being
the dealers who compose the carnival
coirrnittee. Major Richard Sylvester
Marshal LuttreIl, In compliment to the
dealers who have arranged the carnival
The cars will be arranged In divisions.
each division being composed of cars
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them acting as marshal The machines
will be decorated with pennants and
Tags. and the lineup of several hundred
cars will make an imposing array Is they
slowly move over the principal streets
of ths city. Three bands of music. In
Guiding Honey Boy Evans minstrel
band, viii have places In the parade,
the bandsmen riding in big sightseeing
cars. II weather conditions are favor
able. u - expected the streets viii be
thronged with people 10 witness the
Grasd Marshal Luttrel plans to have
the csvalcade start promptly at
O'Clock from Sixteenth and L streets.
TIE route. as approved b. Major Syl-
ves.er, is down Sixteenth street TO
Scctt Circle. to Connecticut avenue, to
Seventeenth street, TO Pennsylvania
avenue. to Peace Monument. EncirelinR
back up Pennsylvania avenue TO Ninth
street. TO r stree. TO Fourteenth street,
out Fourteenth street TO ParE road,
thence TO Sheridan Circle and back
down Massachusetts, avenue to Scott
Circle, where II VIII disband.
Prizes for Attractive Cars.
PRICES viii be given TO the best dec
GRATED cars. and a special prize will
be awarded the dealer having the Iarg-
est number OF cars in line.
Tn chaimen of the committees
handling the carnival are as follows:
Genef al committee, w. c. Long; pa
rsde, s. A Luttrell; advertising, Claude
Miller; publicity. w. p. Barnhart. Jo-
II. B. Leary, jr., secretary.
next weeL viii ind many interesting
things are embodied In the 1915 models.
Cars for this year are illustrative or a
number of tendencies which have besa
growing for several years end have
become sufficiently cr2stallized In thi3
years products TO make them very no
ficsabIe.
The first thing that will strike the
casual observer of the cars is the In
creased beauty OF pne, combined with |
utility Of design, which is exhibited. |
Long. flowing lines. easy curves. and |
smooth. cleAn-cut appearance are the |
rule this year. instead of the exception, |
amcng the open bodies while In the 1
coised cars two opposing tendencies |
which have been gaining for years have !
resulted In two distinct types OF design.
diametricaIy opposite In intent One OF
these is the colonial style. whiea this