The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
CHRISTMAS greetings
FOR AUTOMOBILE ROW
"Si" Writes "Bo" Of Yule6de Gossip
e., Among Motor Dealers.

Dear Bo-Merry Christmas and many
Of them.
Well sir, who do you think blew into
town the other day? He remained Just
for q few hours and that was all It
was Harry Duckstien. You know, he
now Is racing manager for "Bilr'
weightman. Both landed here from the
rose country OF California, saw the snow.
ard hiked back to the land Of flowers.
Believe that they were here all told
about twenty-four hours. Some class to
mat crowd.
Joe Stoddard was telling me the
other day that he is thinking about hold
ing muslin. linen. white goods, or some
other kind of a sale right after the hoh-
days. You know, Cadillacs Jumped In
price a short time ago. and just previous
to the advance Cook & Stoddard booked
orders enough to run their delivery
their hand in, Rudy Jose suggested
that they drape the few used cars on
hand In the various goods above mem
toned and hold a sale
Taking advantage of the bad weather,
Burton Leary Is having his show room
done over. In addibiea to having a new
ioor laid, he has had the walls paneled.
The alterations will do much to improve
the appearance OF the show room.
You know, you never can tell when
some one Is going to buy car. Harry
Burr had a prospect for Franklin so
long that he bet Dave Hendricks he and
no one else would ever sell him car.
Less than twenty-four hours after the
bet was made the man bought a car, and
it was no lit" either.
Any time that you want to start an
argument on economy Of operation OF an
automobile, tackle Perry Kinyoun. He
has more facts and figures at his fingers
end about the economy of an Allen car
than has Mr.. Duryea, or whoever It
was that first figured this matter out
He can even tell you the amount Of
gasoline that the motor sucks In at
each impulse.
Had to laugh at Joe" Trew the other
day. He just returned from a visit to
the REQ factory, at Lansing. Seems that
there was some snow out there and the
mercury was lowering around zero. Joe"
came back with some wonderful tales
of cold weather. and to back 1t up. he
had on an overcoat that looked warm
enough for the discoverer Of the South
Pole.
As the carpenters move out next week.
Joe" Wells will be moving into his new
place directly across the street from his
present quarters. The Federal Auto Sup
ply Company in less than year has
outgrown its present quarters in Penn
sylvania avenue. The first Of the year
the tirmlwill move into building espe-
cially constructed for Its needs, and
joe is simply waiting his time until
he can get into the new place.
Did I tell you that Bob" Haskins is
back on Connecticut avenue row again
with his Auburn and Pathfinder lines.
He has moved into the showroom just
vacated by the Overland crowd. and is
busy these days getting in shape to dis
play properly his two lines Of cars.
TayIoe Pollock was telling me the other
day that the Oldsmobile is going to fall
in line with the rest of the manufac-
turers and advance their price. Increased
cost Of raw material is the principal rea-
son given. Do not know at this writing
Just what the advance will amount TO-,
but understand it will be somewhere in
the neighborhoOd of a hundred dollars.
You know. Harry Mundy has a clever
idea. He always keeps two Chevrolet
cars oiled and creased. a roadster and a
touring car, so that If a customer comes
in and wants a car right away, all that
he has to do is to phone the service
station, and within ten minutes 1t will
have the new car of the type the pur-
chaser wants in front of the salesroom
door so that he can drive 1t away.
Tommy Moore has a hobby. When
not busy repairing lamps or radiators.
he takes piece of brass and tries to see
how many different designs he can ham,
mer out of it. He works old lamps. radi-
ator tops. and such things up into all
sorts OF fantastic designs.
l have a hunch that Dick" Selby has
something big he is going to spring short
ly. The last few times that have been
up to see him he has been busy figuring
over something that looked very much
like a set of plans. 1 know that for
some time past he has had an idea of a
big salesroom. service station, and ga
rage for Paige cars in his head and would
not be at all surprised If he is working
II out
Well, I must go home and rest up in
preparation for that Christmas dinner
which I expect to eat tomorrow.
Again wishing you a merry Christmas,
Isl"