The Washington times., 1917-03-03
UNION BUILDING
TO Be BUSY SPOT
Middle Atlantic Motor ASSoCia-
ton Hopes for Record
Throng.
DISPLAY FILLS TWO FLOORS
Stock Models Predominate, to
Advantage of Pur-
chasers.
DISPLAY FILLS TWO FLOORS

Automobile week as well as inau-
eural week begins tonight. The Ma
tionaI Automobile Show, under the
auspices of the Middle Atlantic Motor
Association, Inc, opens its doors in
the Union building, G street, between
Sixth and Seventh streets northwest,
at Z o'clock, and will continue for one
week
The show is to be open daily from
II o'clock in the morning until 1880
at night, except on Monday afternoon,
when, due to the parade, 1t will not
open until 6 o'clock in the evening.
There are on display on the two
floors of this fireproof building auto
mobiles in roadster, touring, chummy,
touring sedan, closed type and con-
vertible, ranging in price from a few
hundred dollars up into the thousands.
There are some fifty or more pleas
ure cars on display, machines to suit
the pocketbook OF the most economi-
cal or the most fastidious buyer. All
the pleasure cars are on the fourth
floor.
Accessories Have Whole Floor.
The third floor is given over en-
tirely to the accessory people and the
truck manufacturers. On each floor
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and in each there is something of in
terest to the present or prospective
car owner. Like other things, styles
In motor cars change, and the newest
creations are all on exhibition.
The decorations of the building are
appropriate. They consist of the ma
tionaf colors draped around the posts
of the building and along the walls.
Elevators will carry the crowds to
the top floor, and they will walk
down. This Is the custom in all
shows where more than one floor is
utilized.
Two large freight elevators, which
for the time have been converted into
passenger elevators, will, handle the
crowds.
Tickets are taken up Immediately
on entering the building. Alighting
at the top floor, one finds the ma
chimes all arranged down the two
sides OF the building with one row
of cars in the center. Ample aisle
way has been provided, so as to avoid
all crowding of spectators. On the
corner OF each space are sign-posts
announcing the name Of the exhibitor
and the name Of the car he handles.
Music by Two Orchestras.
= Music Is furnished by two orches-
tras. This is something of an fnno-
walton for an automobile show, for
as a rule there is one band, which
tries to make as much noise as pessi-
BILE in the way of music, to the dis
traction Of the statesmen who are
trying to explain their cars to an
Appreciative audience.
Another thing that will be in the
way of an innovation is that the cars
on display are nearly all stock mod
els, there being not more than one
or two special show Jobs.
The buyer can make his selection at
the show without being told that it is
impossible to make delivery on the
car he has decided upon, inasmuch
as it Is a show model.
As is the case with all automobile
shows, there are special nights.
Monday night will be known as in
auguration night.
Tuesday night will be known as
District night.
Wednesday will be known as Deal
ers' Day. Thursday will be Society
Day. and the price of admission will
be doubled.
1t is three years since an automo-
bile show has been held in Wash