The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-21

llect, tAhnReu MIN ana walked away.
Some had a line OF questions ready
after looking over catalogues gath
cred earlier Ia the show. and these
, took less time than7others who wanted
TO delye into 4many matters with
which they were not familiar through
reading
( This year the motor vehicle is more
/ than ever indispensable 10 the many
classes OF business and professional
men. Physicians. for instance. have
NO time in this busy age 20 jog along
/ al the rear OF old DObbin," and must
| have a vehicle that will take them 10
| their patient in the shortest possible
space OF time Life depends upon a.
| The most rapid method OF transporta-
| ton must be- employed. The motor
car is always ready and i'm the new
models, are lighted and started by
the mere pressure of buttons
The contrast between the cars at
| this show and the prototypes OF three
years ago, Is SO great 20 be- really
startling 20 he who goes into the de-
| tails and looks back but the very few
years. But few years ago TO ge;
car under way at night. embodied
! lot OF work in putting up the top
| providing the night was damp or
rainy in lighting the lamps. front and
rear in crauklng the engine. and i'm
| doing a lot OF things which are now
| but the work OF "A moment The car
! Of today may be- put into action In
minute with the one-man tops, with
the electric lights, the selt-starters.
and with many other devices that are
used on practically all ears. and none
OF which were In use but few years
ago.
Ii is the many fine points OF the
car mp TO date. that add interest 10
shows and these many points togeth.
ar with many more, and also the
change In appearance OF the cars. add
Zest 10 the car hunter and keep alive
the real dyed-in-the-Woo interest in
the new automobile, year after year
Today We believe the car perfect, vet
the car OF today may be little Ike
the car OF the not very distant future
for changes come every year, and
wise engineers are making changes
that were never dreamed OF in the
days of but one year ago.
liz Is no exaggeration 20 say that
the innovations OF show promoting in
Detroit as introduced By the Detroit
Automobile Dealers association this
year are appreciated The music by
the three orchestras IS appreciated,
and Tire yocalists with their splendid
singing Is also appreciated Miss
Grace Remley Close. OF Toledo. and
Miss MacElliot. OF Minneapolis have
won warm friends, and Signor Giusep-
pc Bartalotta has won many warm
friends this week Mrs r. A. Little
field who has always been popular
with Detroit people, appeared for The
first time. Tuesday evening and Mill
again appear Thursday night That
Is Society night. and Harold Jarvis
will also appear on that evening, as
will Miss Close. Society night prom
ises TO be the best evening OF the
week. and will be popular this year.
even more popular than at New YorI
when attendance records were broken.
Manager Walter Wilmot reported
Tuesday evening the receipt OF nu-
merous inquiries Win regard TO the
Thursday night program, and he has
every evidence on his desk OF The
cumulative interest In the special
evening OF the week which is to be
given up TO the leaders OF Detroit SO
ciety.
Among the exhibitors at the show
there is a feeling that the Detroit
Automobile Dealers association made
wise change when It refused TO
again exhibit az Wayne pavilion. This
opinion grows hourly as the record
breaking attendance continues, and
as the record breaking business
mounts up The Ford Motor Co. made
a lot OF friends in local trade circles
when it consented 10 give UP the three
floors OF It's new building In addl-
ton the officers OF the d, A. ID. A.
have scored a great hit by the splen-
did work accomplished IN altering the
she'll OF the building which was all
that they received, into the present
show palace. Nothing OF the sort was
ever accomplished, for In no other
city in the country is the motor en-
thusiasm as strong as In Detroit.
The ID. A. ID. A had had some ex-
perience, for II constructed FOR the
last two years, the annex 10 the
Wayne pavilion and scored success,
and Il was the successes OF TWO years
in this respect that led 10 the original
plan 10 put up building, end this led
TO the offer OF Henry Ford to allow
the use OF the walls OF the Ford
branch building, now a show palace
far ahead OF any other city's show
place, outside New York and Chicago.
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