Evening journal., 1918-01-22
FOR BALL SCORES
CALL
D { A. 50
DELMARYIA 1908
CITY AUTO SHOW
Gets UNDER WAY
Continued From First Pase.l

automobile show, in the crowds VIII |
Vie with the glimmer CLINT and sheen |
OF the ears themselves.
ID until an early hour this afternoon |
fhe attendance. IL was estimated by
officials Of the show. has thus far eX-
b ceeded anything like that known for
The FIRST day and q half Of an automO-
bile show IN Wilmington. Throughout
The morning the crowds surged through
the lobby and green room Of the hotel
70 view the exhibits and show officials
were very much please dat the interest
that was shown In all OF the exhibits.
Following the exhibition last night,
during which 50 large q proportion OF
Wilmngton's populace turned out TO
see the show, Harry Darlington, chair
man, gave out 90 brief interview IN
which he said
There nj an Official Of the show,
committeeman nor an exhibitor who
wasn't surprised tonight beyond their
greatest hope at the wonderful sup
port already given the show by The
public on the FIRST day. and especially
IN this. the opening night OF course
we can't express our appreciation to
, Them all personally. but we do want to
i0ll them something Of how we appre-
cate this through the newspapers. AT
The same time, we hope mat this eXhi-
bition has entertained and Informed
9 them as to the progress in the affairs
Of the motor world in such a degree
IS TO repay them for this support.
. while we are thanking the public
NC want to thank the newspapers at
. fhe same time. for without their splen-
did and continuous support OF the show
o. inform the public Of what we had to
offer, we could have expected nothing
like the outpouring Of today and to-
ave hope that the attendance
throughout the week may continue az
: large as il has bIen on the opening
day.
"HARRY n PARTINGTON
SHOW Chairman,
u would be hard 20 imagine more
, auspiclous formal opening for On auto
mobile show than was given the exhi-
hilton last nlght so dense was the
. throng that turned out TO give the
show its sond-on hat space for NOV
ing about among ihe exhibits was at
2 premium. and one simply had 90 let
himself or herself for there were many
NJ the fair sex IN the crowd drift
along with the tide Of humanity which
flowed here, then there, then some
where else, as one or other Of the eX-
hiblts attracted someone's special at
tention.
The crowds camo in manifest good
humor and 10 needed Dot the brief but
very interesting address Of Mayor
John w. Lawson, who formally opened
the show, to tighten their spirits,
though the Mayors speech doubtless
helped greatly TO enlighten some Of the
visitors on points concerning the eXhi-
billion which they had not heretofore
realized. With Mayor Lawson on the
mezzanine floor Of the hotel. from
which the address was made, where all
the members Of The show committee.
including Chairman Harry Darlington,
Treasurer Enoch Moore, Jr., Harry 7.
Graham, W. w Marmaduke, and at
he same time the members OF the pub
Lefty committee, comprising f. G. u
rich. E. L. Bixby and II. Roy Freck
were busily engaged IN assisting TO re-
ceive the many distinguished visitors
i'm the lobby. Several Of the city Of
aclals were present with Mayor Law
shon Among other things, the Mayor
said In his address
"Ladies and Gentlemen-I've been
4 asked to say that the fourth annual
Wilmington Automobile Show Is about
to be opened, and II gives me very
great pleasure TO know that Whining
ton has this great exhibition Of splen-
did automobiles free, whereas people
in other cities are compelled to pay
and do not have the oppO tunity OF
seeing anything better than Is exhibit
ed here tonight"
> Mayor Lawson referred 90 the service
flag. containing 26 stars. which was
draped from the railing about Tho
mezzanlne floor. just in front OF him
between the flags Of our own country
and the Allies.
"Tweniy-six Of our automobile men,
he said. "have gone out over land anC
sea. and / have no doubt they Will dc
their duty.
II have read Of the battle Of tn
Marine. that il was saved by the taxi
cab service. and have also heard tina
fho 5000 automobiles used In the las
Liberty Loan drive contributed greatly
10 the success Of that undertaking $
4, NAV be seen that the automobile IL
contributing q large share to the sue
cessful conduct Of the war In botl
hem'spheres.'
. The Mayor started a huzz OF laugh
ter when he spoke about the curren
prlces Of automobiles as being between
Sass and $1,000 some Of these me
chimes are started with a crank, n
said 81 presume the si45 kind mus
be one OF these But some Of the $500
ones sometimes contain cranks, o
many OF you who are lucky or unluck
enough to own this kind are willin
10 vouch for.
In closing I would Ike to expires
the hope that this exhibition ma
prove successful In every way posi-
BILE The show Is now open. see
d and enjoy yourselves
The scene at the show last night wa
quite n cosmopolitan one. The nigh
q. outside was rather chilly. Inside a
was coy and comfortable. So anon
iho-e who thrOnged the entrance I
the hotel were some who knew so muc
about automobiles that in their minds
az least they could build one, drive
and then tear it apart II necessary
on the other hand, Jack and Tom an
Lizzie, who do not know the di1erenc
between a carburetor and wind shiel
passed through to inspect and to be In
spected, and were just as happy, cor
tented and gay as the next one
Really. TO tell the truth, If one ha
gone TO the theatre yesterday afternOo
during that part Of their enforced hol
day. and cared nothing about attendin