New Britain herald., 1917-01-27
A real AUTO SHOW
HAR7FORD'S BOAST
State Armory to Present Brilliant
Scene Next Month

Master Cupid will have Won on the
phone soon. lie will bid you well
come to the tenth annual automobile
show or the Hartford Automobile
Dealers association, when it opens in
the STATE Armory on Broad street
Hartford, on the evening of Saturday
February 10, for its weeks activities
Cupid is going to be all over the
mammoth structure, and you'll see
him as often as you see a motor car.
All this because the show committee
MeSSrs. Ben II. Smith, Russell p. Ia
Der, nd John H. Evans, in conjunction
with the ofhcIal decorators, G. O. ST.
mons. Inc, mas mapped out a Won
derful decorative scheme, which will
have for it's title, "Cupid's Rose Car
den.' 1t Will be a handsome en-
hclliShment, Such as the mammoth
armory has never had before and will
prove a magnificent setting for the
kings and queens of 1917 motordon
that are to be on exhibition during
auto show week. William + Go1tra
supervisor for the decorating firm. is
making big effort to have the
armory look better than it ever did
before since it's doors were first
thrown open.
Cupids and roses will figure con-
spicuously in the decorative scheme:
there will be JAG Cupid figures and
thousands of roses. Forty of these
Cupids are finished in gold and the
figures are % inches in length. There
will be 1O6 Cupids 80 inches in height,
perched on top of Colonial columns
that mark the subdivision of exhibit
tors spaces and the little gods of
love will hold pennants on which will
be inscribed the names of the cars in
the various booths.
Suspended from the ceiling, in the
center of the armory. floral basket
25 feet in circumference, will be filled
with Japanese wisteria, American
Beauty roses and with an edging of
electric floral lights. Cupid figures,
some white and some gold, will fes-
toon the piece. The bandstand,
which is to be placed in the gallery,
will be set off with bay tress. roses,
smilax and artificial oranges, giving
real garden effect. The stand or
shell, 80 feet, across the base, will
be the largest ever erected in the
armory. More than 100 candle
power will be used in the i;lumina
tons, in addition to the regular light
ing power of the building. The com
pany rooms will be decorated with
American flags and bunting.
Go!d, white and Blue.
The color scheme of the decorations
will be gold: white and blue with a
liberal use of American flags. The
ceiling of the armOry under the sky
light will be covered completely with
I or1y i; oJI o1
The main ceiling will be masked with
dark blue bunting, studded with gilt
stars. On the front Of all arch effect
trusscs of which there are four,
there will be a covering of gold and
white, in panel effect. Two breadths
Of white bunting will be used, with
gold for the center, running from
the top of the building close to the
floor Of the armory.
The large wall at the north end of
the building will be covered entirely
with a white plated effect sprinkled
With gold butterflies, blue and white
bunting and American flags. Back Of
where two large colonial columns
are to he placed will be a draping Of
gold and white in wide panel effect.
The wall in back of the balcony of
draped similarly to the north wall.
Over the east and west walls. be-
tween trusses. will be plated white
effects. beginning where the ceiling is
finished on the wall to the floor. Blue
and white butterflies will also be used
as an establishment for this part of
the decorations
All entrance ways to the armOry
will be draped. and over the front of
the balcony will be blue and white
hunting, with flags for center pieces.
The walls under the balcony will be
covered with bunting, studded With
butterflies.
The decorative scheme will entire
~ cover the interior walls and trus-
sos of the armory. A large electric
centerplece, with the letter Fl. A. d.
A. will be suspended on the north
wall of the building. surrounded by
q cluster of American flags.
A canopy will be erected over the
main entrance. from the door to the
curb, with an open passage for the
sidewalk. The bandstand in the gal
lery will be draped with Oriental
bunting.
Electrical Display.
More than 5000 extra lights will
be used in the electrical arrangement
of the INTERIOR The Orders across
the ceiling will be festooned with
electric lights on the outer edge for
the entire length. Two electrical
floral center pieces will be hung mid
way in the north and south ends of
the armory. In the center will be a