Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-27
A BIG EVENT
Wausau's First Annual Auto
mobile Show a Great Success
Visited by Nearly 10000
People.
Beautiful Decorations, Handsome Au.
t0m0biles, All Make the Event Very
Attractive-Will Hold Another Next
Year.

Year.
An event in the history of our cit,
was the Automobile Show held in tn,
Grand opera house Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, given under
the auspices of the Wausau Automo
bile Dealers association. The even
had been in preparation for a month
and various committees in charge haC
their work all completed by Wednes.
day morning, Feb. 21st, and in the af
| ternoon of that day the doors were
thrown open to the public and from
that time until the close, on Satur-
day night, during the open hours OF
the show, there was steady stream OF
people going in and out. At certain
hours the children from the schools
of our city were admitted free oi
charge, to view the exhibit, and it was
| a great education to them, as we'll as
to all who attended.
AS has been stated, a floor had been
arranged beforehand which was placed
on timbers above the seats in the audi
torium. The foundation was as solid
as if built to stay, and strong enough
it. Planks were laid upon the tim
bers and when completed there was
a floor surface, with slight incline
to the east, which covered the en-
tire size of the opera house; while not
large enough to accommodate all of the
automobiles brought here for eXhi-
bitiOn, still sufficient for a show of a
city double the size of Wausau. The
floor was covered with a dark can
vas. This entire surface was par
celed off to the exhibitors and each
wed with the other in making his
space attractive, and the result was
most beautiful to behold.
The decorations were perhaps the
most beautiful and extensive ever at
tempted in the city and turned the
auditorium and stage into a perfect
dream of lovliness. Southern smilax
canopied the whole in squares, and
suspended throughout were decora-
tions in pink. Thisgcanopy was dotted
with hundreds of electric lights, and
with the large lights of the theatre,
were hung in squares of pink ropes.
The side walls, posts and balcony
ratings were covered with evergreens
and smilaX and there were many large
vases on pedestals of American beau
ty roses placed here and there, which
added richness and beauty to the
scene. The window shades of the
theatre were drawn and the lights
were turned on during the daytime
as well as evening.
The beauty of the decorations to-
gether with the large number of beau
tiful cars on exhibition, was sur
prise and delight to everyone who at
tended. A stringed orchestra, led by
Frank G. Dana, occupied position in
the balcony and popular numbers were
rendered during the afternoon and
evening, and together with a program
of vocal music, on which were such
popular vocalists as Mrs. Edward
Boehm, Miss Leona Myshka and Will
liam LaCerte, with Miss Louise Stulh-
fauth at the piano.
During the four days show the
building was crowded to it's capacity
most of the time. 1t is estimated that
from eight to ten thousand people
were in attendance and it was great
success, both in attendance and finan-
cially.
Those who had cars on exhibition
were as follows:
Silverthorn Bros.-Oakland light six
Huckbody & Beyreis-Maxwel 25,
five passenger; Maxwell roadster, two
passenger, and Maxwell sedan.
Wausau Garage-Chevrolet, five pas
senger; REQ the Fifth, and REQ six,
seven passenger.
Morgan Bros.-Hudson super-six
w. F. Beilke-Buick sedan, seven
passenger; Buick coupe, three passen-
ger, and Buick five passenger.
G. S. Cone-Mitchell five passenger,
and Mitchell, seven passenger.
Wausau Motor Car Co.-Studebaker
five passenger; Studebaker roadster,
Studebaker six; Studebaker coupe, and
Cadillac eight.
Schubring Motor Car Co.-Kissel
sedan; Dodge sedan; Dodge touring,
and Dodge roadster.
Overland Wausau Co. WHY'S
knight, model SS-S cylinder; Wiliys-
six, 6-cylinder; Overland, model S5-4
touring; Overland, model 80, touring,
and Overland country club.
Lamson Truck & Tractor Co.-One-
half ton truck, and five ton truck.
VIM. Albrecht, Jr.-Warner trailer.
Wisconsin Auto Supply Co.-Acces-
sories and supplies.
Bartles-M Mcguire Oil Co-Oils.
Wadhams Oil Co. Lubricants.
Johnson's Electric Shop-Accessor
les and supplies.
Centaur Garage-Page, five passen-
ger.
The exhibit was a grand success
from every point of view and the
Wausau association is to be con-
graduated on its efforts to give
Wausau an up-to-date auto show
which it did in every respect.
One thing was demonstrated and
that is Wausau needs an auditorium
buildingsof sufficient size to accommo-
date events of this and of similar ma
ture. The opera house was by far the
best and largest and most convenient
place to hold sach a show in the city
at present 1t is proposed that the
auto show shall be an annual event in
the future, and it win require more
space for it S-.cA succeeding year.
Notes of the Show
The Lanson Truck & Tractor Co.
housed its five-ton truck in a tent
in the rear of the opera house and
which was a great attraction. This is
the company that is to erect a factory
and locate in Wausau and build its
machines here.
The worth and splendor in a none
tary and decorative point of view were
never before excelled in Wausau. 1t
exceeded all expectations and has
paved the way for much greater ex-
hibit next year.
Silverthorn Bros. also had their
Moline Universal tractor there, on the
outside of the house, and gave demon
strations of their machine to all in
tei ested spectators and. to the salts
faction of ell concerned
The show terminated Saturday even
ing anta is now memory of what has
been, until a year hence, when il is
expected that the management will
not be hampered by delayed trains
and cramped room as this year for
their exhibition. However there were