The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-03-05
AUTOMOBILE EXHIBIT

Vealed to the gaze of Fredericktonians
when, at signal from Mayor Fralev
the electric lights in Company A Ar
mory were flashed on, opening the
first annual Automobile Show, at 2.3O
p. M, Wedn lay.
The Goddess of Success lowered ov-
er the show at the opening session.
for large afternoon crowd attend
ed. Last night she still lowered over
the Armory, for the largest number of
persons the big building has ever held.
crowded the available floor space.
The show, indeed, opened under aus
piclous circumstances. The weather
was ideal, not too cold, yet not too
warm for comfort; Just pleasant
enough to make a run from the coun-
try to the city in a machine a pleas
ure, and this figured prominently in
bringing to the show numerous peo-
pie from the county, who, under bad
weather conditions, would not have
! thought Of coming to town.
There was no hitch of any kind in
the program, and no occurrence of
any sort to mar the pleasure of the
visitors Music was furnished at the
afternoon session by the Braddock
Heights Orchestra, Albert Schroeder.
director, and at night by the Moose
Band
| Promptly at 2.30 o'clock, Major D.
John Marley, chairman of the exc
! cutlVe committee in charge of the
arrangements, stepped to the front of
/ the platform and introduced Mayor
Fra low IubA in,
chosen words, welcomed the visitors
and announced the "show is OPEN"
Immediately the electric lights on
top of the pillars separating the car
spaces, were flashed on and the or
chestra struck up 1.-THE Star-Spangled
Banner"
President Rowe, of the Automobile
Club of Maryland, was introduced and
made the principal speech of the oc-
casion
Mr.. Rowe advocated an automobile
club composed of Frederick county
people, and also an educational cam
paign by the automobile dealers of the
city, for the purpose of cutting down
the number of accidents.
Should Be Instructed.
1.-The Dealers" said Mr.. Rowe
should, when they sell car, instruct
the new owner in regard to rules of
the road. Just because a man owns
car is no reason for the illusion that
| he owns the roads also and has
right to use them to the disadvantage
OF the general public. If new owners
would stick to the right side of the
road they would avoid considerable
trouble.
Accidents on the road today are
not as numerous as before the advent
of the motor car. The trouble is au-
tomobile accidents are given more
publicity than any other kind and that
is why people believe more injuries
are caused by the horseless vehicle
than by any other thing
Mr. Rowe praised the automobile
highly in his address. He declared
| that, although he lives seven miles
from Baltimore, he can get to the the
atre in the evenings and back home
with less trouble and in less time,
| than people living in the city. He
spoke of its benefit to the farmer and
others living in the country and de-
clared that he believed the day would
come when automobiles would sup
plant the horse altogether.
1t is probable that some action may
| be taken on the automobile club for
Frederick either today or tomorrow
A number of Fredericktonians are said
to be interested in the formation of
the club and plans are being made
for a meeting at which it's organiaz-
ton will be brought about.
AS to the show itself, there is no
doubt but that the efforts of the COM
mittee to make the display of cars
worth seeing, have been successful.
Ones first impression on entering
the Armory is that of huge array of
glittering surfaces of many cars jumb-
led together heller SHELTER, but in
moment you get your. bearings and
the scene becomes one of orderly ar
rangement of fifty or more autos, of
various sizes and many hues, their
trimmings of brass and nickle glist-
ening under the glare of the electric
lights and Immediately clad sales
men and sales managers, wearing car
nations, with certain confident
| manner, ready to point out the good
and bad qualities and technical points
of their machines, to all corners, both
prospective purchasers and the cur
ious alike, for you don't have to be
| seeking a machine to look 'em over,
| at the show, and their is no Partially.
| shown to those who want to buy cars
| over those who do not.
Yesterday afternoon, being the open
ing session of the show, of course,
there was little done in the way of
disposing of machines, but number
of dealers announced that they had
prospective customers and expected to
dispose of cars before the week Is
over.