Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-10
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
RULED BY SOCIETY
VISITORS SHOWN FAvORS
Blaze of Light and Color Adds
to the Gaiety of Last
Nights Features.
Great Crowds From Out of
Town Expected to Enliven
Today's Sessions.

Dame Society took the wheel Of
the automobile show last night. and
as Lacky Salesman and Footman
Demonstration bowed humbly while
their mistress ascended to her throne
humble subjects swarmed thru the
aisles Of the great auditorium IF Con-
vention hall and witnessed the corona
ton festivities.
1t was society's day and the color
which she, and her court gave to the
display far surpassed any the like of
which even Tulsa has had the oppor-
tunity 10 witness.
The show. which opened for its
initial session Thursday morning, will
continue thru today and will close
with an informal dance tonight at
midnight. Today will be visitors day.
Several of the exhibitors, who on
the preceding day had been forced to
show their stock cars, were at Con-
Vention hall early yesterday morning,
seeir.; that the latest models were
placed properly in the booths to take
the place of the other models. By
the time the doors of the auditorium
opened at o'clock. everything was in
readiness and thruout the afternoon
and evening time and features moved
along without a hitch, giving Tulsa
the second day of the most successful
automobile show of which it can
boast
New Arrangements.
One of the features of yesterdays
show was the new arrangement made
for the demonstration of cars on the
stage of the auditorium. Spread out
in huge fam shaped arrangement.
the eight cars beyond the orchest.. "a
pit sparkled beneath the rays of the
colored lights of the fly gallery and
before these machines appeared the
vaudeville artists and cabaret special
lists who had been secured to add to
the pleasure and merriment of the
occasion.
On the main floor of the building,
artistically arranged about the build
ing, were the other cars on exhibit,
all sharing in the interest and favor
able remarks of the thousands who
visited the show during the afternoon
and evening session.
The Tulsa Tent * Awning Co, deco
rators of the hall, reached to its high
est mark of ability when the decora-
tions had been finished, for not a
pennant flag or streamer of bunting
that would have added to the attract
iveness of the place was left wanting
and the lights of the night show only
added to the warmth and color of the
affair.
rangements for favoring their friends
who attended the show last night.
one Of these being the Welsh McNulty
Motor company. agents for the Stude-
baker car which is being shown in
booth II. Manager McNulty had n
uniformed attendant stationed at the
booth and not a woman was permit
ted to pass by the hansome Stude-
baker car without being presented
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Other exhibitors, in attractive man.
ners, showered favors on the visitors,
many of whom are prospective own
ers of one of the makes of cars shown
on the floor of the show.
Today Visitors Day.
Today is expected to be "visitors'
day" at the show, and already prepa-
rations are being made for the enter
tainment of delegations from Okla
homa City, Muskogee and other sur
rounding cities who will arrive in
Tulsa this morning.
Under the leadership Of "Dick"
Carhart, president of the Carhart
Motor company of this city a delega-
tion of oklahoma City automobile
distributors and enthusiasts will ar
rive in Tulsa this morning over the
Fricso. especially to attend the show.
The party will include: a. b. Price,
Cadillac distributor; T. f. Foster,
Hupmobile company; Martin +. Ran
dali, Velio dealer: j. l.. McClenland,
Everett Scott and Dick Jolly. distrib-
utors of Hudson and Dodge Bros,
cars; j. j. Thompson, Grant Six agent;
Ellis Chadwick of the J. l. Case Co.
J. ]. Reneau, Studebaker distributor;
]. T. Whcatley of the Saxon and
Paige lines; W. II. Vesper, Chandler
and Oakland distributor; A. +. Reid,
Chalmers and Interstate representa-
tive.