The Detroit times., 1915-01-18
1915 AUTO SHOW
is GREATEST IN
ID. A. ID. AS HISTORY
,Continued from raEe oae.I

opening night was the completeness
! and finished appearance OF the eN-
! hibition. Almost without an exception
exhibitors had their cars in place, but
the crowd was too busy inspecting the
/ rest OF the show 20 notice the eNcep-
tons.
The decorators have worked Won
ders with the interior OF the struc'
ture The first floor OF the main
I building is a dream in oriental splen'
/ dor Il carries out the idea or a
1 Japanese garden With festoons OF
wisteria covering the walls ana
dangling over the aisles, and myriads
OF tungstens glowing beneath delicate.
I ly-tinted shades OF oriental design As
\ Won e>ter this floor from the large
hall given over 10 the commercial eN-
ihibit. this field OF light and color
stretches away before you in every
direction and YOU are almost over
come with the vastness of the affalr
/ You instinctively say How am
( ever going 10 cover il all in one even
ing?"
I However. it's not an impossible
! task, il you hustle. but the chances
+ are you'll want To go again. In fact,
the outlook is for larger percentage
( OF "repeaters" than ever this year, for
the show has something OF the quail
ties OF a magnet
I The second floor is just as elabor-
ate. and just as attractive, with It's
own special features in the way OF
decorations and exhibits, The walls
are done in panorama effect, being
pictorial representation OF the Lin
coin Highway. and IL reflects much
credit on the artist as we'll as on the
men who We're responsible for the
idea
The third floor has been given over
entirely TO entertainment Here the
weary sight.seer may come, when he
is worn out with looking at cars, and
find rest and recreation and, incident
ally, some excellent vaudeville.
Between the professional numbers.
the public is given an opportunity TO
dance. and hundreds availed them
selves OF IL Saturday night. The vaude'
Vile program includes the Lorain sis
ters, singing and dancing team from
Chicago; Miss Virginia Nalli and p. r.
Young. in exhibitions of fancy dane
ing. the Cabaret Kids" and Master
Everard Lehman. phenomenal boy
soprano. The entertainment feature
Will be continued throughout the
show, every Afternoon and evening.
The auto show, by the way, opens at
1880 a. m. daily.
Easily the feature OF the exhibit
this year is the present OF the eight, :"
which makes It's appearance for the
first time at any Detroit show. Three
manufacturers, the Cadillac the King
and the Detroiter companies. are
showing this latest. American develop
ment or the gasoline motor, an idea
| that has been successfully tried out
/ in France. and these cars are con.
slant centers of interest for the crowd
as II surges through the big buildings.
| The Cadillac Motor Car Co has gone
to lavish expense in rigging up spe-
Icial cut-out chassis, the same that
I was exhibited at the New York show,
and IL was almost impossible, Satur-
| day evening, to get anywhere near it..
The crowd fingered on and on, fas-
icinated by the silent working OF this
lultra,modern v-shaped wonder
! ever in the fair right-hand corner.
! in marked contrast 10 what is for the
present at least the acme OF modern
motor car perfection as reflected in
1
| dubbed, the old curiosity shop" Off
cially it is known as the historical
section Here are dozen or more
ancient vehicles, representing the be-
gnnings OF the automobile industry
4 in America Mere TOYS they are com.
pared TO the purring monsters of the
present day. bur once on time they
caused people 10 stand and stare in
lopen-eyed wonder as they chugged
! their way through the streets.
! Here, for instance, is the Model A
| Packard the Overland and Pierce-Ar-
row. vintage OF 1902; the old Winton
Bullet No. ., which many OF us have
seen in It's workouts wonderful per.
! formances those days1, on the old
Gross Pointe track; a discrepit Hup-
mobile still in running order bearing
stickers from almost every country in
the old world the first Detroit Elec-
ltric and several others
! Some surprises are there in the way
of cycle cars, the exhibit OF the
IScripps Booth organization being the
most notable These models are not
the dinky. narrow contraptions that
made their appearance on the market
a year ago, but real automobiles.
! Another exhibit that attracted al.
ltention was the electric taxicab, the
--latest invention of the Detroit Taxi.
/ cab q Transfer Co.
+ The skies" are on view this year
/ in greater profusion than ever. and
their popularity is attested by the
crowds OF interested spectators con
stantly surging around them. The
''fours" continue to draw their full
share of attention. for, after all, ii IS
a. four" that the average man drives.
and there are some surprises in tour
, values and designs at the 1915 show
+ The general tendency OF the bodies is
to the steam line effect
/ The commercial car exhibit the
I first that claims ones attention as one
enters, is more representative than
ever before, comprising no less than
two dozen makes This section OF the
show Is proving unusually attractive
+ 10 business men interested In the
/ prot ems OF greater efficiency and
economy in the transportation OF their
wares
The accessories also form an i'm.
port part OF the exhibit They are not
confined { any particular section: you
viii run onto them almost anywhere
The Lincoln Highway association and
the Safety First organization are both
represented and the visiting public
msufests an earnest desire TO learn
more OF both.
Thus every branch and phase of
the wonderful industry that has
reached It's greatest development In
Detroit and made this city known as