Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-22
MIR. HARRIS BURG
TAKES IN SHOW
With "Better-Half" He Inspects
Fours, Skies. Fights and
Twelves

I had been noticing quite a bit of
advertising in the papers recently con-
cerning the Capital City Automobile
Show which is being held in Emerson
Brantingham Implement Company's
4 big building over on the corner of
/ Tenth and Market streets. so, last
evening ! persuaded the Mrs. to leave
the supper dishes in the sink while
We took run over to get look at the
seasons best. ! had just stepped up
to the window to get the tickets when
who should ! run into but my old col
leEe chum. +. Il. Johnson who. as
expected. was managing the exhibit
ton. That's all right Harris" said
B. r., "a portion of the receipts goes
to the Police Charity Fund" So |
knew right away that | hadn't a
chance to work friendship for the
price of two tickets.
Once inside the great hall we were
given the treat of our lives so far as
decorations were concerned. Green and
white everywhere. SmilaX-miles and
miles of it trailed from pillar to pill
lar across the ceiling in graceful fes-
toons and along all four walls. There
were small cedars, ferns and palms on
tall stands spaced intermittently
throughout the hall. and there were
cars. cars. cars-cars everywhere. |
dare say there are enough cars there
to equip the entire remaining Ger
many army; aye, sufficient cars to
transport the proposed army OF our
own PreXy Wilson.
/ There was music, too. My program
told me it was Sara Lemer and her
orchestra, but l knew that the minute
they struck up, for no other can eX-
tract such music from rosined horse
hairs.
owever, we came to look around and
admire the car we should like to own.
You sec, we've saved up a neat little
sum to invest in q ''buss" as the boys
call it, and if this little story gets
by the city editor / hope TO make
enough out of ii so that together with
what we've saved we can talk busi-
ness with some of those silvcr-tongued
auto statesmen.
AS ] said. we came to look around
but we hadn't been there long before
an old friend. George +. Iech ap-
preached us with: May | show you
the Buick seven passenger touring
car? Six cylinders. IS horsepower,
115-inch wheelbase, and the most
popular six ever built" That isn't
all he said. Not any means. But
The Mrs. liked it too and came with
in an ace of making an appointment
for demonstration, but / urged her
on 10 the next exhibit, that of Monn
Brothers. who are handling the Pater-
son. Il CLASSY looking seven passenger.
There we were met by Luther G..
Munn. who. thinking he had real
live prospect gave us line of talk
something like this: Here's just
what you've been looking fora big,
roomy. high grade six. with every nee
essary equipment you want, design
unsurpassed for beauty and comfort.
Just wish / could reproduce his dope
in full-it's the kind of talk that sells
cars and he had the goods in his
| Paterson. He admits it.
We next met Perry Fl. Keboch, The
! FLYING Dutchman,' eXhibitinb two
1 jackson seven-passenger touring cars
"a four and an eight-cylinder. He
/ tried hard to sell us one and when
| Perry really tries to sell car he closes
4te8n up if anybody can. !. 5de, reports
-four sales put across last night.
Adjoining the Jackson exhibit Was
\ that of Keystone Lubricating Company
with my old friend Ed. HUM in
charge. Ed didn't know of course that
we hadn't a car and gave line of
/ talk a mile long about Keystone
grease. He has a mighty interesting
exhibit and after what we saw last
night, if ever we do buy car, Key
stone grease is going to be on tap.