Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
SOCIETY NIGHT
AT AUTO SHOW
Great Crowd of the City's Elite
Brave SnowStorm to Pay
Tribute to Motordom

two-inch covering of snow on the city
streets, Society turned out in full force
to pay tribute to the designers of
motordom for 1917. Last night was
known as Society Night at the Eighth
Annual Automobile Show and never
before has local society turned out in
such formidable fashion for an auto
mobile show. From seven o'clock
until nine o'clock there was almost a
steady stream of automobiles:
Chummy roadsters, touring cars and
stately limousines pulling up and dis
gorging their fashionably-dresse pas
sengers at the main entrance of the
automobile show. Additional sales
were reported for the day, to say Moth
ing of the favorable prospects de-
veloped directly through personal con-
tact at the show. AS the show nears
the closing point and the exhibitors
figure up the total business for the
week everyone is unanimous in de-
claring this years show to be the most
successful ever held in Harrisburg.
The following models are to be
found in the numerous exhibits:
Carl Hanson, in charge of the
Overland Harrisburg exhibit, shows
four-cylinder sedan, with white wire
wheels the new four-passenger Coun-
try Club Roadster four-c -cylinder seven
seven-passenger Willys-Knight touring
car four-cylinder passenger Will
lys-Knight touring car and n flve-pas-
senger Light -Four" touring car.
The Keystone Motor Car Co., in
charge of Chas. II. Barner. is showing
siX-cylinder, seven-p n-passenger Peer
less touring car siX-cylinder limousine
and four-passenger Peerless road
ster; seven-passenger Chalmers tour
n
dan, Chalmers limousine, finished in
deep bun and a two-passenger Chal-
mers roadster finished in light buff;
Dodge Brothers seven passenger tour
ing car and a Dodge Brothers sedan
finished in standard black, The Path.
finder Sales Company, in charge of
Isaac Harbold, is showing n twin-six
seven passenger touring car finished
in dark maroon. The Bell Motor Car
Company, in charge of w. J. Marks,
shows a four-cylinder passenger
touring car in the standard black
metropolitan aspect prevails in the
Hudson Sales Company exhibit. in
charge of L. II. Hagerling. Each sales
ma min attendance appears dressed in
the conventional evening dress clothes.
In the Hudson exhibit are to be found
a siX-cylinder seven-passenger touring
car and a siX-cylinder cabriolet. In the
Saxon exhibit. which is also under the
| direction of Mr.. Hagerling. we find a
four-cylinder two-passenger roadster
and siX-cylinder seven passenger
touring car. Andrew Redmond, in
charge of the Chandler exhibit, shows
q siX-cylinder sedan, four-passenger
roadster, coupe, siX-cylinder sedan,
four passenger roadster, coupe, si-cyl-
! inder seven passenger touring car and
a Chandler chassis, stripped. An Oak
1Ouf-cNlinder nm
touring car, a Vim enclosed delivery
and an open Vim delivery truck COM
pletes the exhibit of Mr.. Redmond. The
Pullman Sale Company, with l. A. Wal
lace in charge. is showing a four-pas-
senger roadster in"1ight finish, a seven
passenger touring car and q four-cyl-
| inder seven-passenger sedan. The Mil
Ter Auto Company, under the direction
of H. w. Miller, exhibits a six-cylinder
sedan equipped with white wire wheels
cone eXtra),i siX-cylinder seven-passen-
ger touring car and four passenger
roadster The Maxwell exhibit, under
the same management, consists of a
four-cylinder sedan, two-passenger
cabriolet and a two-passenger road
ster.
L. T. Mehring. in exhibiting the
Brisco line, is showing an eight-cylin-
der passenger touring car,
four-cylinder Cloverleaf roadster and
four-cylinder seven passenger touring
car. The Case car, in charge of C. l..
Conover, is showing a four-cylinder
seVen-p assenger touring car and a six
cylinder seven passenger touring car.
c. C. Crispen. showing the Cadillac line
or "elghts,' is exhibiting a seven-pas-
senger touring car finished in dark
brown, a four-cylinder Club Roadster,
two-passenger roadster and a seven
passenger sedan. The Paige exhibit,
and the Apperson exhibit, under the
direction of Il. l. Cowden, consists of
siX-cylinder seven passenger Paige
touring car, a four-pasenger six-cyl-
lnder Paige roadster; six and eight
cylinder seven-p passenger Apperson
touring cars and four-passenger APP
person Chummy roadster.
The Packard Motor Car Co., e. III.
Harrington in charge. shows a twin-six
limousine, twin-six seven-passenger
touring car and a two-ton Packard
truck. The Ensminger Auto Company,
with b. c. Ensminger in charge, ex-
hiblts four-passenger Pilot roadster
seven passenger Pilot touring car,
while the bort line, also under the di-
rectlon or Mr.. Ensminger exhibits q
tour-cylinder passenger touring,
four-cylinder four passenger road
ster and a four-cylinder seven passenger
sedan.
The Chevrolet exhibit and the
Buick exhibit, under the direction of
George b. Zech. consists of a four-cyl-
inder and an eight-cylinder seven-pas-
senger touring car while in the Buick
exhibit one will find a four-cylinder
and siX-cylinder seven-passenger
tauring car, siX-cy nnder two-passen-
ger roadster, and a siX-cylinder sedan.
The Hupmobile Sales Corporation. in
charge of d. f. CARRIER, is showing a
four-cylinder. seven-passenger touring
car. The Crow Elk-Hart line in charge
of Monn Bros, is represented at the
show by three four-cylinder seven-pas-
senger touring cars. one finished in
grey with grey upholstery, one in
brown with brown upholstery, and one
in dark blue with upholstery to match.
The Franklin air cooled car is shown
in six-cylinder seven-passenger tour
ing model. in charge of L. w. Shank.
The Bentz-Landis Auto Co.. with
]. A. Bentz in charge of the exhibit.
is showing an eight-cylinder seven
passenger National touring car and in
the Jeffery line a four-cylinder seven
passenger touring car, a six-cylinder
seven-passenger touring and q six-eyl-
inder two-passenger roadster.
The King Eight, represented by the
King Car Sales Co, is showing a seven
passenger touring model. tile exhibit
being under the personal supervision
of f. p. Keister. The jackson Eight.