The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
About People You Know
Along Automobile Rev
BY L. @. CHEW.

Memories of the motor show the dan
SAINT which marked the closing last night
of the National Capitals 1914 automobile
show will linger for many moons in the
minds OF the thousands Of motor bugs
who witnessed the grand finale. Whether
1t was the the dansant or the buzz
wagons themselves that attracted the
largest gathering that has ever attended
an automobile show is a debatable ques-
ton. The dealers will claim that 1t was
the exhibition itself. while skeptics will
say it was the opportunity to do all the
new dances with music furnished by the
Marine Band.
Anyhow, promptly at . o'clock, Lieut.
Santelmann waved his wand and in less
time than II takes to tell everybody
was do'in it." and SO far as the business
end OF the show was concerned it was
ali over. The dealers themselves. see
ing the uselessness Of trying to interest
anyone in the cars. Joined in the throng
that danced In and about the various
exhibits. 1t Is estimated that more than
5000 persons attended the show last
night.
The dealers who participated in the
show are unanimous in declaring that 1t
was a huge success in every way. At
tendance records were broken and all
former records for the number of sales
made during a show week were swept
by the boards
Business, however, was looming up un-
til o'clock A number OF sales were
reported.
The sale Of a STANDARD electric brough-
ham Of the four-passenger type was re-
ported by William p. Barnhart & Co.
to Mrs. Clark Grifiith. wife OF tho man
ager Of the Washington baseball club.
The car is finished in dark blue. with the
interior of gray Bedford whipcord.
William W. Harrison placed an order
with the same concern for one OF the
new 1914 Pullman six-cylinder. hve-pas-
senger touring cars. equipped with cleo
trio self-starter. electric lights and the
latest Vulcan gear shift. The finish Of
the car will be black. with wire wheel
equipment.
w. ID. Arrison. sales manager OF the
FIory & Sanford Company. reported the
sale of a four-cylinder, fve-pa ssenGer
1914 Mitchell touring car to Joseph Rich
ards. The car is fully equipped with
electric self-starter, electric lights. with
the finish in dark blue. with black run
ming gear He also booked an order for
a 1914 Mitchell roadster of the six-cylinder
type for II. l.. Latham. to be finished in
the same color. and fully equipped. Other
sales were made by this same concern.
OF which will be made
latter.
The large ive-passenger Cole touring
car. finished in MoEchan green. with
nickel trimmings and natural wood
composing part of the exhibit Of
the Cole Motor Sales Company. has been
purchased by J. ]. Decker. of this city,
with electric self-starter and. electric
lights. F. C. Sibbald. manager OF the
company, also announced the sale Of q
Cole touring car equip
ped with electric self-starter and electric
lights to Mrs. X. II. Kicker. 1t is q six
cylinder model and with 1t goes a special
closed body OF the convertible type.
E. B. Richardson. Of the Empire Tire
Company, Trenton, N. j., has been In
town several days visiting tire dealers.
]. B. wienstein has placed an order
with Manager Stevens. of the Chicago
Pneumatic Tool Compsny's Washington
branch for a model D little giant truck.
A Cadillac de luxe landaulet, finished
In Calumet green and upholstered in gray
with silk trimmings. was de-
liyered last week to Mrs. s. c. Neale by
the Cook & Stoddard Company. A four
Cadillac phaeton also was de-
livered to S. L. Larrabee.
William L. Taylor, Of the Gibney Tire
Company, Philadelphia, was among the
tire representatives attending tho auto
mobile show. He has a host of friends
In this city. The Gibney company has
opened . branch here, under tho man.
agement Of z. T. Howard.
Robert II. Martin. manager of the
branch of the Buick Motor
Company, has been in Baltimore the en-
tire week. attending the Baltimore show,
where all the Buick models were on ex-
hibition. The following Buick statesmen
went over to Baltimore yesterday to wit