Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
AUTO SHOW Is
in FULL BLAST:
HIGH SPEED ON
Crowds Grow Greater Each
Day and Sales Records
Are Broken
WONDERFUL FEATURES
Cars Fitted Like Palaces on
Wheels-New Exhibits Ar
rive and Prove Beauties

Fragments Of exploded arguments OF
| statesmen and theories OF bystanders min
| gled with the lost chords of music that
hoated to the ceiling Just as steadily as
ever today at the 10Th annual automobiIe
show. now being held at Convention Hail.
Broad street and Allegheny avenue. In
terest is gradually climbing to climax
! IN what assuredly promises to be one OF
! the most successful shows ever held in
TINS city. The crowds increase daily.
Statesmen are smiling. Philadelphians
| they say, wait every year until the auto
| snow to select their cars They like the
| opportunity of going quickly from one
! car to another until they find just what
! they are looking for The average per.
! son. they say. Is too impatient to spend
| hours In haggling over what they want
| AS soon as they lay eyes on a car that
takes their fancy they will buy IL, IL the
salesman can convince them that the en-.
slhe ls the most perfect made-and that's
! an easy job for any salesman.
SALES PILiNG UP
! The sales in New York broke reeords
but already in Philadelphia. say man
/ ayers the sales records are piling up.
| and even the humblest exhibitors are
| hoping to bowl over the records set in
New York. The Packard Company, which
! sold more than 100 cars in New York
! during the show there, is UP to the
| average in Philadelphia, and hopes by a
| squirt on the last day. when the largest
sales are generally made. to jump ahead
| of its New York mark
| Not until today was the exhibit really
! settled In the first place there Is plentv
| OF neat. This is a welcome contrast to
| t'n condition that existed during the first
! rev days. The building has thawed out.
| WIN the aid of the warmer weather that
mas prevailed. During the early DAYS.
nearly all the visitors figuratively and
| literally got cold feet" Statesmen ran
up and down in front of their displays to
get warm and welcomed the chance TO
mop onto a chair and wave their arms In
eNnortatlon whenever n small gath ,ring
matted to have look" But finally the
steam mas been forced through the great
length and intrlcacy of piping necessary
| 10 reach all the corners of the enormous
. building and both statesmen and visitors
are able to warm up to the task of get
: ting interested in the cars.
NEW CHALMERS HERE
Also. all the machines have finally been
gotten into place. The latest arrival and
IL last scheduled was the one TODAY
when light sky-blue Chalmers was
rolled majestlcally into place with the
rest of the cars in the Chalmt ..s displav.
With its shiny black upholstery IL At
tracted considerable attention IL was
placed beside an enormous Perce-Arrow
which was so painfully sombre in contrast
10 the bright hues of the newcomer that
show
Every car is put through a daily bath
ana 'currying' much the same as some
prize animal. This is still further borne
out Oy the attendants that hutter about
their charges jealously fearing that some
VIII leave an allen thumb on it's
spotless sides As he ficks his chamofs
lovingly about the car he turns his back
disdainfully on the staring bystanders 10
show the bold red letters on the back OF
ms khaki coat spelling the name of the
car for which he is stable boy"
MANY WIRE WHEELS
Most OF the cars on exhibition are
equipped with wire wheels SO that
wooden spokes look out of style and en-
tireiy undesirable. Another effect that
most of the cars show in some form or
other is the roadster that will: seat one
or two extra persons t. the same space
formerly occupied by two. Most OF the
new styles have a space between the
drivers seat and his coriders seat The
common method is to have seat behind
which Is virtually nothing more than
recess I'm the other seats. The third per-
son then stretches his legs or his knees
or his feet, according TO the length OF
his body, through the opening between
the front seats. There are many inter-
esting variations of this idea however.
The REQ features a roadster in which
the drivers seat Is set slightly forward
OF u seat NnlCn VIII nOlu Two. In the
space left by the seat set back there Is
room for a folding seat which II good
for fourth member of the party There
is beautiful Hollier done up in scarlet
which boasts of cresm-eolored leather
upholstering on a seat that Is intended
to hold three, The car is one of the
most beautiful OF the roadsters. Another
handsome one is an olive green Cadillac.
which has pigsk' seats for three. fhs
combination is ric-- TO a degree
The ha
looking buff roadster, with neat khaki
top IL will seat three people. the dri-
vers seat being slightly divided off from
the broader seat for two by slight pro-
lection
PULLMAN COUPE is DAINTY.
In the way of coupes. or eoupii-whaf-
ever the plural is-the Pullman company
has a small boat on display that II
claims is the best lob" on exhibition
II is a small red affair with beautiful
deep upholstery of hoYery eretonpe.
Every feature of the very largest lim0d-
sines is found I'm the eozy interior, ana
when the lights are turned on an ejacu-
lation OF pleasure never fails 70 burst
from the lips of bystanders. But as one
man said IF 1 were going TO pull onfne
weddin' that boat might be all right, but
when~it comes right down TO bacon and
eggs what could you do with II at other
times?" This man was taken 10 one side
By a willing salesman and at the end OF
a half hour was noticed to be agreeing
with the excited arguments OF the afora-
said s-man
To the stutz coupe is generally con-
eeded the drown derby OF the SHOW.
The Stutz Is a white machine Nltl 4
ow-lying brown cabin the peak of
which Is drawn down in a buslnessiite
way. The effect Is very handsone and
sporty and the lines seems snug and Ia
every way artistic. Il Is the kind of
,ar going out Ia which Is just Ike going
1ut to a party in dress saft-nu1 ts
1ound 10 have a good time willy ni|1
The coupe Is set on = a most nleasos
sontrast OF red. white and blue cars arr
'anged all around.
coupe roadster that Interests Al
Is the Biddie. uhIeh has
zen shelve4 INTO the rear room > |nrk
4 space. ear. beaides the neeular
eats. has seat Concealed A4aIA
Is turtle @ The rear where art
.enetalif kenl +. Is or gas l4Ikz EIr