Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-23
MIR. HARRIS BURG
AGAIN SEES SHOW
Crowds Throng the Various
Exhibits; Real Business in
Evidence Everywhere

There's new malady in the city
just at this time of the year. Gray
bearded diagnosticians have traced the
disease to an apparently innocent lit
tie bug which has been known to the
layman as an auto bug Mrs. Harris
Burg and myself have both felt symp-
toms of the disease recently but Mon
day evening we both exposed our-
selves to further innoculation when
we attended the splendid automobile
show in the Emerson -Brantingham
building. Neither the Mrs. nor nv
self cared to forgo the pleasure of an
other evening among the exhibitors
so we resumed our tour of inspection
where Father Time overlook us the
evening before.
Arriving at the door, however. we
Iound the crowds again as large as the
evening before, and judging by the
NUMBER of order blanks and fountain
pens IN evidence, then this show is a
real business producer.
Our hrst pause of the evening was
De1ore the Maxwell exhibit with r. w
Shank in charge of affairs What Ed
dldn tell us about keeping up-keep
down isn't in the book. This little
pus mere, pointing to a fve7passeng-
er Maxwell will give you more miles
to the gallon of gasoline than anv
car on the market and she'll cost YOU
only $500 just as you see her there"
We liked his little pet, but were de-
termlned to see what the other fellow
had to say.
We then ran across our old friend
George Mcfarland, the man with the
heo. lie filled our hands with REQ
literature and began to tell us WHY
ne handles nothing but the REQ line.
II you're looking for a car that will
stand up under all conditions. one
that has comfort, luxury and style
and mighty interesting price let we
give you demonstration just to show
what this little baby will do" I had
TO hand it to Mac; he's right there
with the line of talk that results in
sales otherwise, he couldn't be the
longest REQ distributor between New
York and Chicago. And then he
showed us the new Boyer Joy Giving
Car, REQ, which has just arrived in
the city. Colonel Boyer was in charge
ana was uckled to pieces with his new
acquisition.
Our next visit was to the exhibit of
the Keystone Motor Car Co. Charley
Barner, all dressed up in his Tuxedo
and his hard-boiled shirt, tried to sell
us Chalmers. I'll admit he had
me thinking some serious thoughts
after we had climbed into the car. Be
han sslI IL
roomy comfort the Chalmers affords
The Mrs. was mighty well pleased,
too, but we got away without Charley's
contract.
Then we slipped around to the Ford
Sales Company's exhibit. p. Driscoll
told us about the new Studebaker
Four at 1915. Power with economy
OF gasoline has always been our claim |
Tor the Studebaker," said Mr.. Dris-
coll, and we had to admit it was a
point worth thinking about. He had |
us interested, that's sure.
Just across the aisle was the Case |
and Briscoe exhibit. Conover and |
Mehring are the two livewires han
ding these two speed beauties" The |
eye Of the Mrs. was attracted by lit
Tie ribbon -bedecked Briscoe Glover |
Leaf" roadster with comfortable seat
ing capacity for three. The new. So
clable Roadster-one of the seasons
latest developments, and a peach it
was, too. We looked 'em mover. got
their pedigree and with difficulty l
got the Mrs. to keep moving.
Our next stop was with l. w. Dill
who is handling the Hollier, an eight
cylinder, V-type motor, and an alto
gether handsome piece of machinery.
This one captured the Mrs fancy right
off the bat, and to be candid, wasn't
Tar behind. We're both beginning to
get the auto fever rather seriously
and this is great place to have the
germs propagate. However, we NOV
ed on to the next exhibit
Here we found ourselves surrounded
oy an interested throng watching the ]
race between two miniature
'acers. 1t is the booth of the Globe |