Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-28
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
VERY SUCCESSFUL
Management Reports That
Thousands Have Attended
the Exhibition.

Terminating one of the most sue
cessful automobile exhibitions ever
held in this part of the country, both
in attendance and number and quality
of machines exhibited, the Newark
automobile show in the First Regi-
ment Armory will close tonight. More
than fifteen thousand persons DAY
are said to have passed through the
doors of the great armory since the
show opened. The business done by
auto agents and manufacturers rep
| resentatives, it is estimated, greatly
will exceed that of any previous auto
| exhibition in Newark or vicinity.
The attendance reached its height
yesterday, especially in the afternoon,
when the largest crowd of the week
was recorded. At the evening session
great many also were present, occa-
stoned by Mayors Night wnlch
brought many out-of-town visitors TO
| the show. City and town executives
from every municipality within ra-
dius of fifty miles in the State We're
present. In addition to the mayors
many public men and automobile eN-
perts also were present.
The distinguished guests were re-
ceived last night and yesterday after
noon in the large smoking-room at
the north end of the armory. Joseph
| H. Wood was chairman of the enter
| tainment committee, which received
| and entertained the visitors. Included
| in the list of guests were the following;
Mayor Julian A. Gregory, of East
| Orange; Mayor Samuel A. Muta, of
West Orange; Mayor Frank J. Muir
ray, of Orange; Mayor Ernest g.
Hinck, of Montclair; Mayor William
Hauser, of Bloomfield; Mayor Fran
| els Speir, of South Orange village;
Mayor David II. Greene, of irving
| ton: Mayor John Espy, of Caldwell;
Mayor Joseph A. Riordan, of Har-
! rison; Mayor Cornelius A. IMcGlen-
| non, of East Newark, and Mayor
William Brandenburg, of Arlington.
| In the absence of Mayor Jacob
Haussling, who is in New Orleans,
his secretary, Wilson J. Vance, was to
| have acted as host to the visiting
mayors. Owing to illness in his fam
lily, however, Mr.. Vance was unable
to be present and the city was repre-
sented by Police Commissioners John
Baader and Alfred L. de Voc.
number of other city officials also
were present and contributed to the
entertainment of the guests of the
evening.
The guests were conducted about
the show by a delegation of the New
Jersey Automobile Exhibition Com
pany, under whose auspices the show
| is being held. Great interest was
manifested on the part of the visitors
| in all the machines on eXhibltlon, ana
none was backward in praising the
show as unequaled In the history of
auto exhibits in this part of the coun-
| try.
Horace A. Bonnell. general man
ager of the exhibition, at the conclu-
sion of last nights show declared that
he was we'll pleased with the show.
He declared that the attendance had
been extraordinary in consideration
| of the big snowstorm, and that his
show promised to be one Of the best,
| if not the best, in its history. The
paid attendance. he said, was par
| ticularly gratifying to the offlclals
of the show this year. The official
figures of the shows receipts have
not been completed.
Another attractive feature of this
weeks show has been the numerous
musical programs. Great crowds have
been attracted to the show by the
excellent vocal and instrumental pro-
grams in the afternoon and evening.
During the afternoon and night ses-
sions of the shows the galleries have
|
dren, who have listened to the music
while their husbands have inspected
| the cars on the floor of the great
armory.
Tonight will be the last night of the
show. Dealers are making every eff
fort to get in as many orders on this
last day as possible. Some have sold
from ten to fifteen cars since the
show opened.
The musical program rendered by
| the Women's Bostonia Orchestra this
afternoon, under the direction of Miss
Belle Yeaton Ranfew, assisted by
| Miss Mae Sutton, will be as follows:
| March, National Emblem Bagley;
plantation melodies, Lampe; waltzes
from "Sweethearts,' Herbert; echoes
| from Seville" Moret; solo for So
prano, Joyous Love- (Spencer). Miss
Mae Sutton; selection, ''Mikado,"
Sullivan; overture, La Sirene," Au-
| Der; tango dance from the Merry
Countess" Ellis; selection, Little
Boy Blue" Beremy; intermezzo,
Apache" Bernard; solo for soprano,
isle d'Amour' Edwards, Miss Mae
Sutton; Down in Chattanooga, Ber-
lin.
The final musical program tonight
will be as follows: March. Entry of
the Gladiator" Fucik; characteristic,
County Fair" Volpatti; xylophone
solo, Miss Anna Ewell; opera mirror,
arranged by Tobani; solo for soprano,
''Goodby My Love, Goodby." Ball,
Miss Mae Sutton; Comet Rag" Ma
hony; overture. Light Cavalry" Won
Suppe: valse. Nights of Gladness,
Aucliffe: selection, THE Sunshine
Girl" Rubens; Indian intermezzo,
| "Aisha." Lindsay; solo for soprano,
"Castellano. Frantzen, Miss Mae