New-York tribune., 1916-02-06
FIVE BELLS FOR
THE MOTOR BOATS
Big Show Ends and Miss
Flo White Powders
Her Nose.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

BY FRED HAWTHORNE.
Landlubbers said it was lO:3O o'clock
last night when the motor beat show
at the Grand Central Palace closed. but
that is because they were landlubbers.
Those on the inside Of matters nautl-
cal yawned, stretched their arms above
their heads and remarked, one to an
other: "Ah. well. mate, It's i've bells
and reckon III turn in."
1t IS not for nothing that We spent
the last seven days ana nights at the
show. As we ioined the crowd that
streamed out into Lexington Avenue
and wended It's way south, we walked
with a positive roll and. subconseiodsiy,
gave a hitch 10 our trousers. lore ana
aft Anybody who spends seven days
at a motor boat show should be able TO
qualify as an able seaman.
The closing night of the show was
riot of noise. Marine chronometers
throughout the Palace sounded hVe
bells in a hundred different keys. Mss
Flo White, who had stood on n ped,
estal, arrayed in q natty waite naval
frock, in the navsiite vsrn.sn booth
for one solid week, jumped down, tooh
Oft her visored cap ara peeked INTO
mirror to arrange her nar.
I've been so busy telling toiks ABOUT
the wearing qualities OF Navallte ana
Flow White varnishes. and how It sheds
boiling water without discolorne, that
Pve almost forgotten ! had com
plexion Of my own to look after. Does
l. Of laF
Similar scenes were taking place al
over the Palace. The yourg women ir
charge of the United States Junior Ma
val Reserve booth, while pointing out
the Importance Of preparedness and
how the Junior reserve proposed 20
"instill real patriotism IN the hearts OF
the growing youth Of the land, ~
stopped down and started TO pull on
their galoches.
inc me home by now, and left my
latch key on the bureau, OF course,
they said, plaintlvely, as they reAehed
for their bonnets.
Even Hydro Phobia" breathed half
a dozen sighs OF relief through the six
exhaust pipes of her 50-horsepower
motor and ionged for the coming Of
spring, when she can 60 zlpping
through the water at her advertised
speed Of thirty-fve miles an hour.
You remember little "Hyro-Pho-
bia." the ffteen-foot hydro on the
mezzanine floor, the one with the snuo
nose and the steering gear harng ca,
bcr I'D, IKE a woman's train!
Daily association with al the dii-
ferent models Of motor boats on eXhi-
bition had imbued us with such a teei-
ing of friendship That We started 10
make the rounds and shake hands, TAX
ing the dainty Speedway Sedan as the
first in line. But nothing but discour-
agement followed. Miss Sedan eyed US
with two cold, green eyes that CLEANED
from the deck lights on either side,
and her thin, bronze nose seemed to
sniff the air contemptuously.
Even the stout comfortable, motherly
Welin lifeboat, in whose hospitable lap
we had spent many a happy half hour
during the week, did not appear to rec
ognize US and kept staring straight
ahead, anxious about the brood OF
smaller boats that were being pushed
and showed by the crowd
But there were other things 10 bring
Joy TO the heart and Tighten the burden
Of parting. For instance, there was the
fOWtIAEEl 1oNphA9 'hiiAA| VI
markable lamps and lanterns, on the
mezzanine floor How remarkable! A
Young man demonstrating their tract
ability suddenly interrupted his lecture
bv tossing q lighted lantern into the
middle Of a miniature haystack in the
rear Of the booth Nothing happened
The lantern continued to burn brightly
and sweetly and the hay continued 20
be Just hay. Next. the young man
showing how well behaved q house
lamp could be, seized the lamp on tho
counter around the waist and stood /,
on its head II kept on emitting "the
finest reading light II Is possible 70
have In the home" and the man on our
left remarked that il was just the kind
Of a lamp he had been looking for.
"You can throw 10 at the wife when
you get in a bit Of temper and Il
won't hurt the lamp any" he said.
Then there was an ice box for use on
yachts that contained fve-cent hunk
Of ice under a glass cover. The door
had been bolted with q paddock on the
opening day Of the show. 60 IT was i'm
possible for any other piece 70 have
burgled its way inside. We kept care
ful track Of that piece Of ice every day,
and last night Il actually seemed 10
have put on weight during the week.
Anybody who has Qualms about set
ting up in light housekeeping would
have been transformed into !. h. fan
by inspecting the interior Of the Elco
Cruisette, on the main floor. This
boat, not more than forty leet in
length. had everything that the modern
apartment boasts and sleeps six guests.
Ice boxes, silver and china closets, card
tables. library desks, mirrors, gas
ranges and mlady's boudoir were con
tanned within its polished sides and
deck.
II was 0 great show.