The Washington herald., 1917-03-11
TRIP THROUGH MOTOR
Land ON LAST night
Auto Show Closes, Curtain Dropping
on Rare Exhibit of Cars.


street the Washington Auto Show came
to q close last night
If you were at the show. here's what
you saw:
You wandered along until you came to
a classy little green Westcott Roadster
and you stopped and talked to E. ].
Quinn, manager of the westcott Motor
Company. He smiled and said he was
very well pleased, which was evidenced
by the fact that two Westcott's were
marked sold. and it was still the middle
of the week. He told you he had very
promising results and that the crowd
was interested in buying cars and not
merely curious, and then he commented
on the fact that all those ordering cars
now would not get them much before
June
Across the aisle you noticed the Crow
Motor Sales Company and the Jennings
Motor Company display the Crow Elk
hart cars. Apperson. and then the beauti-
ful H. A. L.. with the Victoria top. its
distinctive lines, the London style OF
windshield. And you noticed that w.
B. Weissblatt, the sales manager, was
very busy talking to a prospect and you
passed on to the Record Auto Com
pany's display Of SaXons. Maynard
Bayles expressed himself as well pleased.
You talked with A. n. Day and learned
he had already sold three Saxons di-
rectly as a result OF the show. besides
getting a good many live prospects and
he asked you II you had seen his Smith
Form-A-Truck on the floor below.
Wonderful Boom.
Next You notice W. L. Hummer. man
ager OF the Premier Sales Company. and
he told you the show was a wonderful
boom to those who could get cars, and
You got lost among the Marion Handleys
and finally discovered yourself walking
around ard around. Some" roadster it
is that Mr. Hummer keeps on hand to
tantalize people who can't AFFORD car.
Then you met c. Jack Warwick, and he
told you of his Auto School at Ninth and
o streets northwest. and OF the Women's
driving course and then you became in
terested in the Madison car, which he.
handles. and he told you he had also sold
three cars. and explained the Reutenber
motor which he had on exhibition. Then
you noticed the Mitchell and bort cars.
exhibited by the Miller Bros Automobile
and Supply Company. and everyone was
so busy showing customers how easy rid
Ing the bort was and the wonderful
points Of the Mitchell that you passed on
hUrriedly to the beautiful beaver brown
Milburn Electric. Mr. Arthur Foraker
told you it was sold. and you hardly
heard his comment on the success of the
OF the Stea rms Knight car.
Will Establish Agency.
Then you noticed a new car. the Ameri-
can Six. and W. H. Crowley. District
sales manager Of the American Motors
Companv. Of PIainfeld. n. j.. introduced
himself. and tod you he was here pre-
parat"ry to establishing an agency. ex-
planning this was Louis ChevrOlets latest
product telling you of the wonderful
ability of the American Six. and pointing
out the aluminium crank case. transmits
sion housing. and the body finish.
You noticed Percy +. Rowe, of Hender-
son-Rowe Auto Company. and the firms
complete line of Aliens, Coles. Kissel
kars and kisseI trucks. and all the sales
Tien were on the jump. Mr.. Rowe told
you the snow was a success and that he
had sold two Aliens and closed one Cole
agency.
Then mp came W. \. Ward. manager
of d. B Gish. Inc. He was very Opti-
mistic. He told YOU that there were more
real buyers at the Washington show than
at the New York. Chicago, Baltimore or
Philadelphia shows, and that business
was better than ever. He made his way
over where the IIubmOOiles and Haynes
were cOngreEqt.d.
Then you saw the big Mcfarland tour
ing car and you stopped to talk with A.
J. Woodruff. of the Woodruff Motor
Company. He had already sold three
cars. You Spied more eI"ctrics. and you
passed an irs.r-sting half hour while II.
a. Waters and Fl. W. Hartmann explain
ed to you Why the Diamond Grid battery
would stand uH under such abusive con-
ditiOns. They showed YOU the different
models of Detroit eleCtrics, explaining
why electrics were not so expensive as
formerly. They were also very jubilant
on account of the sale of three Detroits
Mr.. Waters tod you Sterrett & Fleming
had sold ffty-One Detroit electrics dur
ing the l"st four and one-haIf months
more than were sold in the last two years
by the former agent.
Miniature Auto.
Then over YOU went to the Chalmers
Motor ComPanv's display. but c. Walter
l'Jover and his statesmen were so busy
Tat your only hcpe was to return later
and you could "r'y eye the Chqlmer;
:. dar and National touring cars from n
distance. Your attention was drawn to
new arrival the Moore Car, a ninia-
tuTe auto butt on motorcycle style, and
You learned that it was the first time il
had ever hH"n shown. 5. Patterson. audi
tor Of tn" Treasury Department. will have
charge Of the management in this Dis
tEict. and it will appear on the streets
within few days w. II. BrysOn ard c.
J. West. r"prcsen :atives from the Moore
Car Company, Inc, of INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.
explained thA mechanism fully. showing
hCw rapid fire gun could be mounted
and give reliable service in time of war
The music stopped for a moment and
You fourd Yourself on the second floor
GmOung the accessories. trucks. and the
Crow Motor Sales Company's autopeds
You stopped at tine Federal Auto Supply
COmpeny's display and became acuuaint-
ed with J. lis, the treasurer. He i'm
pressed on You very strongly the fact
that the price Of fabric and rubber of all
kinds was going up very fast You spent
some time with T. P. Hicks of the Auto
car Sales and Service Company
You were next very much impressed