Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-18
SOCIETY DAY"
AT AUTO SHOW
Handsome Gowns of Women
Vie With Rich Colorings
of Cars
ALL TYPES IN BIG CROWD
Attendance Large and Music
Program Filled With Bril-
liant Numbers

rroday Is society Day" at the sixteenth
.nnual automobile show at the Commercial,
Museum. Thirty-fourth street below Spruce.
Tho designation of this day proved that,
sfter ALL there is something In n name
M espec!al proEram made this day much
like the others, except Tor the biEgerTthan-
,,sua1 crowd which crammed the aisles in
yesnonse to the name of the day and added
iuster and enthusiasm to the exhibition.
The handsome gowns of pretty women
We'd with the scores Of COlors, shades and
hues gayly haunted Ivy tho 1917 motorcars
and the decorative scheme of the halls In
terior The man with the money came and
iooked the new models of cars straight In
the searchlght. Sales are expected to break
records before nghtfall.
The musical programs for this afternoon
md tonight were carefully selected. This
afternoon snyder's Exposition Band will
nlay among others, the famous quartet OF
seections from Gricgs Peer Gynt." Verdis
'March from Aida" and popular and clas-
sicaI compositions from Rossni, Tate Kern.
,1scobi Morgan and Lake. Tonight the best
of the works of Althouse, Litolf, Verdi. Tit
I.ugini Romberg and Waldteufel will be
played
Although today is officially Society day"
tbe members of the "four million" were
present in as large numbers as df not
larger than) those of the -four hundred"
ALL TYPES EQUALLY INTERESTED
The diverse types OF persons who crowded
about the exhibits were not only in them
selves Interested, but illustrated what uni
versatility of appeal Is possessed by the
motorcar.
who does not KNOW anything about auto
mobiles but who is going to buy one,
by heck because otherwise he'd be too
slow There was the small boy. who knows
all about automobiles-difrerentia strokc,,
bore radiator and even the color combina-
tons of the license plates of the various
States--but whose prospects of buying are
slight. This has nothing to do with his
voluminous hope and ultimate ambition,
however.
There was the pretty girl, whose gar
ments furnished prototypes of color for the
blazing and delicate hues Of the cars on
exhibition. one of these today was at
tracted to a detChed chassis of touring
cara Hupmobile it was-whcre demon
straton of the illuminated engine and other
working parts was being given. The girl
peemed Interested This interested the dem
onstrator,
GIRL LIKED THE COLORS
There you see the whole works" ex-
planned he. There's the crank shaft"
pointing to the revolving mechanism throug::
the glass-covered opening. And here are
the valves Here's something that you will
not find on other cars
He halted for the effect.
THE valve lift is only nine thirty-seconds
Of an inch" said impressively.
oh" replied the miss. "I just
wondering If that pretty blue II and all that
white and green and red enamel goes on the
cars you really sell. l have never seen
such perfectly exquisite colors,"
There were up-Staters, some of whom eX-
hlbited storehouses of information about
cars.
whats the difference between a six
cylinder car and a twelve-cylinder care"
meekly asked one of these gentlemen. sp.
preaching demonstrator with following
of other up-Staters at his heels
More power to the twelve" replied the
agent.
mo stree" snapped the questioner
authoritativoly. "a four doesn't run as
smooth a six and a six doesn't go as
smooth as II twelve But there amt any
difference in power. It's the same with
steam power. l know something about that
because I'm a railroader. If | could afford
1t I'd buy car off of you and l wouldn't
care II it was six or a twelve"
What do you meam you can't afford
it?' retorted the salesman. "Admanson
fixed it up for you fellows"
The only discordant note at the show
today was furnished by two little girls,
bundled up in red sweaters and toboggan
caps. outside they were, carrying scraps
of wooden packing boxes away from the
hall They used no automobile to carry II
away. They had sled