Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-28
BEAMING statesmen PLEASED "
AT SUCCESSFUL OPENING OF
ANNUAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW

took her around, courteously ex-
planning every little detail, and tell
ing. about the invitation of the open
road. The woman liked the car, so
did her husband, and aHarrington's
smiling, because he's just about
clinched another sale. -.
An Arc Confident =
! Every. automobile salesman at the
show is happy, and confident, but 20
see; therhappfest cherubi of them: All
walk up to.the Sterling Auto Com
'pany,s booth and ask for Paul II.
Furman. . He's the sort of fellow
you call by his first name the second
|. time you meet him. He is constant
ly interrupted in his sales-talks, by
friends who shout across the crowd
Hello PAUL" 3 A broad smile flick
ers across his face, and Paul, comes
back with, Hello yourself!" He's a
member of the Kiwanis Club. and a
firm believer in Elbert. Hubbard's 8
motto which he has adopted as his
own, "Co-operation, not competition
is the life of business!" He's always
had a helping hand for the other
fellow-this!Pau Furman.
Believe. me- she's SOME truck!
I've put her sisters on every street
in Harrisburg, and Tn going to do
more of the same" That's the sort
of talk that A. IN. Kemmerer gives
you about the Vim truck. Some
truck" is right! Kemmerer is
Andy" Redmonds right-hand man,
but he denies it. "Come off with
that right-hand stuff he expcstu-
lated. I'm the left foot of Red
mond." ".'} -,..,. .N .... .-
Satisfied Customers
Speaking of Andy Redmond, he
I,n no ri ~ at
tho show. Every man, woman and
child who walks back to his corner,
krows this brilliant chap, and SHOUTS,
Hello, Andy" Andy sells the
Chandler, the Oakland, and the Vim
truck They're the real cars of
the show" he vehemently, declares.
And he. has, a crowd of. satisfied GUS
tc NJ ers who back him up with hearty
you bet they are!" 9 -
If you are cold or gloomy, just
walk up to the Eureka Wagon Com
pany's exhibit and look at the new
Auto-Car for a few moments. Ar
thur II. Bailey will walk up to you
and shake your hand with a good
warm clasp that sends the thrill
through you again. Bailey has one
characteristic which is the, same
with every auto mamie "declares
that his truck is the best on the
market. That is his only fuilihg
Otherwise he is all right. He IS
director of the Y. M. G. A. ard of
the Chamber of Commerce, a mem
Der of the draft board and a good
businessman, who has graduated
from the manufa cture of coal wag
ons and horse-drawn vehicles to she
sale of Autocars, which he has put
on the map in Harrisburg to such an
extent that he bangles his. gold
watchchain complacently and cTins
in delight every time truck comes
roaring down the street. Nearly
every one of them are Autocars.
That shows Harrisburg's goot taste
and sound business principles" ac4
cording to Bailey. =. w.. 49,. p.
Stories-Funny and Serious
For funny stories and serious stor-
les. too, go to B. F. Barker, who sells
the HAYNES car. Barker can tell
you more about automobiles, gasoline
engines steam engines, and every
other kind of machinery in. five min
utes, than fourteen Brittanic1s can
tell you in years reading. He's
chockful of his subject, and when
he sits down to talk to you, he fills
you as full of enthusiasm as you can
stand. Look at that Haynes car,
will you! Isn't she a bird? Well, l
should say so!" To relieve the strain
of machinists' technical chatter. he
will tell you funny stories without
number. He is a veritable encyclo-
pedia of good fellowship, literally a
good sport.
Arthur l.. Hall, 800 Patriot Build
ing, sells insurance, and he's proud
of it. Automobile insurance is a
hobby of his, and he rides it down
at the show. If you want to get a
line on any sort of insurance under
the sun, hear him tell his prospects
about his insurance, which, of course,
"is the best on the market" Hall
also sells the Tuec vacuum clean
er. His whole character is cpitom-
lied in these words, hes a l.otar-
IAN"