Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
THOSE AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITORS
SMILE AND SMILE AND SMILE|
Big Crowds of Interested Spectators at Annual Show
Indicate Big Season. Busy Statesmen

On the way to the auto show last
evening n Telegraph reporter passed
two women In deep mourning. One
spoke to the other, "Are you going to
the house?" NO." said the second
woman, I'm going to the auto show
to forget my troubles" Whether it
was trouble or merely an endeavor
to forget the anxieties of war times,
or whether it was the fact that every
amusement place in the city was
closed last night, the crowds in the
big n-Brantingham building,
Tenth and Market streets, were
larger than ever before. At least J..
Clyde Myton, manager of the show,
says so, and he ought to know.
Upstairs in the big display rooms,
people were thronging past the var
iouS booths. In front OF the booth
of the Standard Auto Supplies Com
pany a number of people were
standing watching a big demonstra-
ton of Lubriko grease on an auto
bile engine. The sticky yellow
grease covered the mechanism and
resembled a confectioners demon
stration of candymaking. Mamma" ="
piped one Little tot, ''is that the way
they make butterscotch?"
Happiest Man in Town
L. Fl. Hagerling sells the Hudson
man at the show. The reason? He
has confidence in his cars, the best
ever" One good feature of the Hud-
son is the "bevel edge" body. mo
rain can come inside, and no water
remains on the body to rot or rust
anything" is the way Hagerling be-
gins his description of the car. "It
took us a year to choose a good truck
and now we have it. Our new line is
the Stewart truck" he eulogizes as
he shows the big new Stewart truck
which forms an addition to the cata-
log of his firm.
How many times have you seen the
letter "H?" After you walk to the
Hupmobile booth, you'll think of
that automobile every time you see
the letter hereafter. Tastefully work
ed on pillows and covers, in blue
and white, its forms ian attractive
background in a cosy little restroom
at the side of the new Hupmobile
models. 1t was through the thought
fulness of r.. ]. Church, manager for
Harrisburg, of the Holmes Philadel-
phia district, that this room was
provided.
New Six n Beauty
The new REQ Six is a beauty, even
though it is stripped of it's dressings.
If you don't believe this, go up to
the REQ display and ask George Nc
Farland to show you the REQ chassis.
He'll start the motor a-whirring and
you'll see the little lights flashing up
everywhere throughout the mechan-
ism, showing every minute and large
detail of the workings of the motor.
The hum of the engine makes you
long for trip in this beautiful new
car. That same longing has made
many people ask George for an or
der blank and a fountain pen.
Wrap me up a half dozen and
send 'em home" joked a purchaser
as he stood before a certain we'll
known automobile. Gentle reader can
you guess the name of the master
piece, which has been found on so
many roads and byways that it has
been dubbed The Universal Car"
Universal? I should say So" said
one of the jovial statesmen. '-That
little boat pushes her way up the
Himalayas and down into the depths
of the Nevada copper mines. Sc
riously, she's the greatest little boat
that's been put on the market. Some
odd millions of Ford owners back up
his statement. 1t seems, too, as
though every Ford owner in Harris
burg is inspecting the luxurious new
and from the number of
tim es the statesmen fill their fountain
pens, there must be big business in
that neck of the woods.
When you're bewildered by the
maze of details of carburetors, igni-
ton and steamerline bodies, drop
around to the Atlantic Refining Com
pany's booth, and get your bearings
oiled. Oils and greases of every kind