New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03
Rows of Stunning Ma
chimes Attract Attention
of Motoring ThrongS.
EARLY VISITORS
LOOK FOR NOVELTIES
Find Many, Too, Including Eight
Cylinder Types and a New
Gasoline Electric Model.

ment store for a week OF business, the
National Automobile Show-ffteenth
OF its kind in this city thrown
open 20 the public at the Grand Cen
trail Palace yesterday afternoon. Al
though little after midday the interior
OF the big building in Lexington a.
was a blaze Of light that was reflected
from the mirror-like sides Of hundreds
Of American built motor cars, making Z
scene so brilliant that the visitor al
most forgot to admire the colorful and
beautiful decorations that are usually
so striking a feature Of the annual eN-
hibition.
Il was the kind Of inaugural TO which
the enthusiasts were introduced last
year, when the innovation Of an after
noon opening was tried and found 70
be big improvement over the crush
that had been so difficult to cope with
at night in previous years.
Throughout the day and right up TO
the minute Of opening the xhibitors
labored at the top of their speed to get
everything shipshape for the approval
of the crowd, and if, in a few cases.
there remained finishing touches that
were observable by the early corners.
the delav was excusable. Taken by and
large, however, .Aey were right there
at the appointed hour, ready to receive
customers, and ready to wrap up and
deliver-not a car. but a contract-to
any one who cared. or dared, TO make a
/ selection in hurry.
There weren't. as il happened, many
early buyers. For the hundreds who
awaited the opening OF the doors (their
numbers increased to thousands as the
afternoon wore along were too busily
occupied in absorbing the immensely
and beauty of the great display to even
think Of settling down TO such an ordi-
nary task as picking out new car for
1915. They were looking for the high
( spots in a maze of stunning machines;
for the superlstively fine special Jobs"
and for the innovations in design.
/ While the Grand Central Palace has
become, for the time being, a Persian
garden. as a background for the newest
ideas in automC. ilcdom, the decorative
beauty is subordinated to the interest
that is aroused by the exhibits. This
year the makers of motor cars appear
to have gone the lmi. in providing
comfort for the user, combined with
symmetry of outline and completeness
Of fittings in the car itself. This is
quite as true OF the low priced ma
chimes ~ of the luxurious carriages
costing thousands Of dollars. IN fact.
the prospective BUYER at once finds
himself IL difficulty as he visits one
exhibit after another. finding in each
values for his money that were not
even dreamed of few years ago
The mechanical innovation that aD-
peared TO attract the greatest interest
yesterday was the eight-cylindered
cars. = type that bids fair to take and
hold stron. place in the estimation
Of motorists. Even though this type,
as an American product, has never be.
fore been exhibited at national show.
there Is already range ia prices that
will help TO stimulate competition. and
unless all predictions are wrong there
will be much larger number Of makes
on the market for 1915 than are on dis
play or had been expected when the
hrst model was announced a few weeks
ago.
However fascinating and satisfactory
the eight may be 20 the seeker after
novelties, II was evident yesterday that
the old established skies" and "fours"
retain their friends. Indeed. a glance
over the various floors after the aisle,
had flled up late in the afternoon
made II AT once evident that IL takes
all kinds of cars 10 meet the prefer
ences Of the public, for every exhibit
held its cOterie Of admirers eugrossed
in the features and refnements that
diiferentiate the car of 1915 from
those that have had their day and
have gone out of date.
The other big novelty in complete
cars was one for which the motorists
were prepared year ago, when a new
transmission was placed on display At
the Palace show. This j. so-called
AdA ANdN - HAIu 10 DOsfGrN
all the advantages Of gasolene and
electric machines. Its motor is Of the
ordinary gasolene type. but there the
comparison ends. since there is no
clutch pedal, Ay wheel or gearset. all
their functions. as well az braking.
being electrically controlled. In its
principle the new car Is revolutionary.
and its sponsors were kept busy last
night explaining that 10 had been ev.
haustiyely tried out and had deyel.
oped 10 weaknesses.
This is show Of beauty h. motor car
outline. o. fittings and anishings that
make for comfort in the lower-pticed
types, and of the extremes Of luxury In
the aristocratic models that are priced
well ny IN the thousands o. dollars.
The elean-cut, streamline body is su-
preme. and II h doubtful If even the
French designers under normal condi.
lions could have worked with better
results than have been attained by the
TesOurceiul American artists who have
-aken their IDEAS and improved on
them What France might have done
without the hurly-burly OF war viii no:
be known for long time. but the fact
remains that 70 would be hard 70 i'm.
prove or the creations that are offered
Tor approval 40 the present show
To greater extent than ever before
rotor car seats have become something
90 sit "in" ga her than "on." They
are scientifically fashioned sor comfort.
- that there - 70 sliding Of after a
slight jol; The upholstery BIS deep AMI
soit and welding go taaf the Longest
Journey can 40 longer be- lireS0me. and
The rests Tor the arms Gnd the feet are
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