Evening journal., 1917-01-15
MAKING PLANS FOR
CITY AUTO SHOW
Exhibit in Hotel dupont
Week Of January 29,
TO be the Best
MANY DEALERS
ENGAGE SPACE
Honkl Honkt

The KlaKon herslds the approach
OF wilmington's third annual auto
mobile show.
Il will open Monday. January 80. IN
the lobby and green room OF the Ho-
tel dupont. showing more than thirty
models OF the 1917 automobiles, 40
cessories galore. and the latest at
tainments OF the motor muses. ir
more infinite variety and more bril-
liant in their display than woulr.
have been possible before this year
when so many achievements hav.
been scored by the big automobil,
manufacturers OF the country
II is to be a dealers show, not
manufacturer show as In the cae-
with exhibitions in the larger cities
The dealers show has many advay
tages. For one thing II brings u
dealer and prospective customer inth
closer touch with each other. No
red tape Is necessary, no compiicst
cd system OF bookkeeping. You so
3 70 the show. You soc a car you Ike.
You ask the dealer about its merits
Z And. II, after a trial. you like the car,
you buy It, that's all.
But business is but an incfdenta
side OF an automobile show. or
course the dealer expects to do busi-
ness with you II he can. But he also
expects 10 offer you the privilege or
seeing all AZ one time. and in one
place. the wonders which have been
wrought in motordom since you at
tended your last show. Then he pro
vides a bang-up good orcestra to en-
tertain YOU while you are sight-see
ing. and holds the exhibit In a place
where every facility for social diver
sion is offered. Could better place be
had for this than the Hotel dupont,
the service OF which ranks we'll with
the largest hotels in the whole coun-
try.
Chairman J. II. Nixon predicts that
show visitors will be surprised be
yond their most sanguine hopes al
the spectacle and the profitable di-
version which this show VIII anord
|. It's 70 be on grander scale than an,
. show ever held here. And the genia
y chairman knows what he's talkinl
about for, working with practicali
the same committee that has beei
appointed for this show and has bee
previously announced. he has been 4
: charge OF the Wilmington Show eve
o since it was started. Indeed, \ wa
the "pep" and ginger" which n
brought into the midst OF the autouic
bile dealers when they first tHfkes
auto show that was so largely re
, snons'ble for starting the venture II
this city.
II is nredicted that from 5000 4
. 40 900 people from this city, and thu
rest OF the State and nearby parts O
surrounding States. will attend th'
I show. This Is a conservative esti
, mate. Fully $4,000 people, and, per
, haps many thousands belond that at
} tended the show last year, and WI
mineton's prosperity during the pas
year. has resulted in greatly in
! creased interest in the affairs OF mo
[ tordom IN general.
} Already space assignment has bee
5 practically completed. and all dc
Z tails for the show are IN exceller
: shape. In the time remaining be
! tween now and the goth. remainin
y plans viii be whipped into shape an
r then for a whole week Wilminsto
will be motor-mad- that mania ths
q doesn't do anybody any harm. br
? does a powerful lot Of good In n
z interest Of better health an
- fuller enjoyment OF the brief live
we live.