Evening journal., 1917-01-31
AFTER LUNCH, THEN
FOR THE AUTO SHOW
Crowds Spend Part of Noon
Hour Seeing the New
Models
GREATEST EXHIBIT
VISITORS AGREE

Autos make the whole world kin.
ana motorcycles and accessories seem
10 olnd tighter this Relationship. II
tnis may be judged by classes Of peo.
pie attending the Wilmington Automo-
olle Show. Today at noon were no
uced among the crowds constantly
passing in and out OF the show. talk
ing ample time TO view the cars on
their way clergymen, professional
and business men. lawyers, men OF
average incomes and day laborers
For even the unmarried man, who
hasn't care in the world except him
SELF, but whose wages are limited TO
the so-much-per-hour basis. can at
least develop a hobby for a motor
cycle and these as well as the big, ex-
pensive automobiles. are to be found
in the show. Scores OF them we're
seen at the show during their lunch
hour today admiring the new model
"cycles" there exhibited.
The noon hour seems to be a popu-
lar time to visit the show. though the
greatest crowds. OF course, are seen
at night Between the time one bolts
hasty lunch and returns 10 the
afternoons grind there are always a
few moments TO improve ones knowi-
edge OF things that are going on and
the auto show offers a wholesome op-
portunity 70 learn something about the
happenings in motordom.
Comments are freely passed by
show visitors as to the superiority
Of this exhibition over any ever held
in Wilmington The cars are better
In every way The luxurious fittings,
furnishings and finishings. to which
attention has been 80 often called.
stand out strikingly In this show.
Perhaps in no year more than the
present have the lines OF the cars
been so strikingly beautiful and the
colors so harmonious.
While there are fully as many oars
in the show this year as last and
many Of them appear TO be larger.
the space in the lobby and the green
room OF the hotel has been so judici-
ously used that plenty OF room re-
mains for the crowds TO pass around.
At no time is there any congestion.
The absence OF any decorative
scheme for the show itself passes en-
tirely unnoticed for the surroundings
in the hotel are so pretty IN them
selves that they require no addi-
tional Ornamentation. Here and there
on the different cars one notices a
neat strip OF ribbon, biased across
the hood or q vase OF flowers placed
above the windshield but this is in
dividual and conflicts in no way
which the harmonious appearance OF
the show as a whole
The daily concerts given afternOo
and evening by Prof Harry Stausebach'
orchestra have proved a big feature q
the show, and Il is while the music
on that the attendance Of feminine at
mirers Of the ears Is especially. motto,
able This is in the late afternoon an
throughout the evening.
While tomorrow has been set for $50
ciety Day." great many Of tho NOR
prominent men and women Of the cit'
have already seen the show, particularly
az nights But this is not expected 4
interfere with the attendance tomorrow
afternoon and evening, for the surround
ings of the show are 20 coneeniai ant
there are so many things 70 be seen that
one visit viii hardly be sufficient. Many
who have already seen the show are ex
pected TO be out tomorrow to meet theil
friends. chat and talk about the cart
and have n general good time.
Last nights attendance far out
numbered the attendance records
made at the previous shows. and for
hours II was almost impossible for
one to make ones way around among
the various exhibits because OF the
throng OF other people bent on doing
the same thing During the evening
the sales managers In charge OF the
various exhibits made several direct
sales, and garnered large numbers OF
prospects"
Much interest centered around the
splendid specimen OF Pierce-Arrow